Javad Hamidi

Javad Hamidi
Hamidi's solo exhibition in Paris (1934)
Born1918
Hamadan, Qajar Iran
Died2002 (aged 83–84)
Tehran, Iran
EducationBeaux-Arts de Paris
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
Occupation(s)Visual artist, educator
MovementModernism

Javad Hamidi (1918 – 2002)[1] was an Iranian Modernist painter, poet, and educator. He was a pioneer in modern art in Iran.[2]

Biography

Javad Hamidi's retirement letter from the University of Tehran, dated February 1980
Javad Hamidi's retirement letter from the University of Tehran, dated February 1980

Javad Hamidi was born in 1918 in Hamadan, Qajar Iran. Hamidi studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University (now University of Tehran), and graduated in 1946; and at Beaux-Arts de Paris.[3][4] His classmate was Shokouh Riazi, who studied alongside him in both Tehran and in Paris.[3] He continued his studies under French painter André Lhote.[3]

Hamidi had been a founding member of the "Fighting Cock Society" (Khorūs-e Jangi), an artists group in Iran dedicated to the modern art movement and surrealism.[5] Hamidi taught painting in Tehran University for almost 40 years, as well as taught at Al-Zahra, Azad and Tarbiat-Modares Universities.

He was killed by a speeding motorcyclist in Tehran in 2002.

References

  1. ^ Daftari, Fereshteh; Diba, Layla S. (2013). Iran Modern. Asia Society. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-300-19736-5.
  2. ^ Ayatollahi, Habibollah; Allāhī, Ḥabīb Allāh Āyat (2003). The Book of Iran: The History of Iranian Art. Alhoda UK. p. 309. ISBN 978-964-94491-4-2.
  3. ^ a b c Frigeri, Flavia; Handberg, Kristian (2021-03-24). New Histories of Art in the Global Postwar Era: Multiple Modernisms. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-64058-2.
  4. ^ Rahnavard, Zahra (2002). Contemporary Iraninan [i.e. Iranian] Art & the Islamic World. Al-Zahra University. p. 31.
  5. ^ Dani, Ahmad Hasan; Adle, Chahryar; Palat, Madhavan K.; Tabyshalieva, Anara (1992). History of Civilizations of Central Asia. Unesco. p. 762. ISBN 978-92-3-103985-0.
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