Homayoun Salimi

Homayoun Salimi (همايون سليمی in Persian; born 1948) is an Iranian Painter and academic, born in Tehran, Iran. He was the head of Department of Painting at Tehran University of Art in Tehran. He is one of the foremost exponents of the geometric abstract style in Iran.

Homayoun Salimi
Born1948
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
EducationMirak Tabrizi Conservatory, Iran; Beaux Art, Paris; Sorbonne
Known forPainter
StyleGeometric abstraction

Life and career

Homayoun Salimi was born in 1948, in Tehran.[1] He received his earliest art education at the Mirak Tabrizi Conservatory and later travelled to France to further his studies. In 1978 he obtained a Diploma of Higher Education With Rocheron Prise, at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and in 1982 he obtained a master's degree of aesthetics and sciences of art from the Sorbonne and in 1990, he obtained his Ph.D., also in aesthetics and sciences of art, from Sorbonne.[2]

He is currently a faculty member of the University of Tehran.

Work

Salimi and his contemporary, Habib Ayatollahi, are the only examples of artists working in geometric abstract,[3] and is considered as one of the foremost exponents of the geometric abstract style in Iran.[4]

See also

References
  1. "International Status of Iranian Paintings Improving". Iran Daily. 2005-01-15. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  2. "Homayoun Salimi," [Biographical Notes], Cama Gallery Online:
  3. Rahnavard, Z., Contemporary Iranian Art & the Islamic World, Al-Zahra University, 2002, p. 67
  4. Zahrā Rahnavard; Dānishgāh-i al-Zahrā (2002). Contemporary Iranian Art & the Islamic World. Al-Zahra University. p. 67.


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