Hüseyin Tahirzade Behzat
Hüseyin Tahirzade Behzat (Persian: حسین طاهرزاده بهزاد;1889–1962), or Hossein Taherzadeh Behzad Tabrizi, was an Iranian miniaturist painter, calligrapher, educator,[1] and carpet designer.[2] He is considered one of the most important miniature artists of Iran, and has produced approximately 400 articles and artworks. In the present day his miniatures and carpet designs receive a great amount of attention.[3]
Biography
Tahirzade Behzat was born in 1889 in Tabriz, Persia.[4] He received his training in painting at academies in Istanbul (now Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University) and Tbilisi (now Tbilisi State Academy of Arts),[2] after which he returned to Iran.[5]
He is credited with the development of an Iranian heroic national style[6] to decorate the palaces of Reza Shah in collaboration with a team that consisted of craftsmen and architects. He created and/or directed the creation of these large scale wall murals which also lends credit to him as developing Pahlavi modernity.[7] A section of the Negarestan Garden Palace was turned into a museum under the supervision of Behzat in 1930.[8]
Behzat taught miniature painting and calligraphy at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Istanbul[3] from 1947. Among his students at the academy were Neşe Aybey and others.[1][5] He was honored with the nickname Müzeyyenü'l Sultan.[3] In 2015 an exhibition in Tehran displayed the works of Behzat and the tools that he used in his work.[3]
References
- Artun, Çetin & Satıcı 2021, p. 363.
- Diba 2013, p. 49.
- "Dünya Bizim'den: İran'da ünlü bir ressam: Tahirzade Behzat". Writers Union of Turkey (TYB) tyb.org.tr. 17 February 2015.
- Diba 2013, p. 48-49.
- "Sanatkâr Hüseyin Tahirzade Behzat kimdir? Hüseyin Tahirzade Behzat hayatı ve eserleri - Ketebe". www.ketebe.org. Retrieved 2022-10-07.
- Diba 2013, p. 59.
- Diba 2013, p. 51.
- Sadeghi, Fereshteh (2022-08-19). "National Art Museum in Tehran". Living in Tehran (LiT). Retrieved 2022-10-07.
Sources
- Artun, Deniz; Çetin, Şeyda; Satıcı, Ebru Esra (2021). I-You-They: A Century of Artist Women. Translated by Şengözer, Aykut (1 ed.). Vehbi Koç Foundation. ISBN 978-605-9606-26-4.
- Diba, Layla S. (2013). "The Formation of Modern Iranian Art: From Kamal-al-Molk to Zenderoudi". In Daftari, Fereshteh; S. Diba, Layla (eds.). Iran Modern. Asia Society Museum. pp. 42–65 – via Academia.edu.