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List of Iranian painters
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August 10, 2025
The following is a list of
Iranian painters
.
Contents
Classical era
Modern era
A
B
D
E
F
G
H
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
V
Z
See also
Notes
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D
E
F
G
H
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J
K
L
M
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U
V
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X
Y
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Classical era
Reza Abbasi
(1565–1635) miniaturist of the Isfahan School
Mihr 'Ali
(
fl.
1795–
post
1830) royal painter
Kamaleddin Behzad
(1450–1535)
Farrukh Beg
(ca. 1547)
'Ali Ashraf
(
fl
c.
1735–1780) lacquer painter and miniaturist
Modern era
A
Iman Afsarian
(born 1974), realist painter
Shahla Aghapour
, Iranian-born German painter, author and gallery director
Aydin Aghdashloo
(1940– ) painter,
graphic artist
, art
curator
, writer, and film critic
Samira Alikhanzadeh
(1967– ) painter, mixed media artist
Bahram Alivandi
(1928–2012) Iranian-born Austrian modernist painter
Massoud Arabshahi
(1935–2019) painter, leading member of the
Saqqakhaneh movement
Kamrooz Aram
(1978– ) contemporary painter, installation artist, collagist
Siah Armajani
(1939–2020) conceptual artist
B
Jamal Bakhshpour
(1944–2015) contemporary painter
Mohammad Ali Baniasadi
(born 1955) painter, illustrator, cartoonist and sculptor, known for illustrating children's books
Hossein Behzad
(1894–1968) painter
Dariush Borbor
(1934– ) Iranian-French architect, painter, urban planner, designer, sculptor, and writer
D
Delara Darabi
(1986–2009) executed for suspected murder, painter and poet
Iran Darroudi
(1936–2021) modernist painter
Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi
(1930–2012) painter, gallerist, and an innovator of Iranian modern art
Ali Divandari
(1957– ) painter
Bijan Daneshmand
(1958– ) Iranian-born English actor, painter
E
Ahmad Esfandiari
(1922–2012) modernist painter
Abolhassan Etessami
(1903–1978), architect, calligrapher, painter, and novelist
Zohreh Etezad Saltaneh
(1962– ) artist, painter, carpet weaver
F
Amir H. Fallah
(1979– ) Iranian-born American painter, based in Los Angeles
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian
(1922–2019) painter, sculptor; known for her cut mirror mosaic work (
Āina-kāri
)
Mahmoud Farshchian
(1930–2025) master of
Persian miniature
painting, educator
G
Mokarrameh Ghanbari
(1928–2005) self-taught folk painter from northern
Mazandaran Province
Mansoor Ghandriz
(1936–1966) modernist painter
Marcos Grigorian
(1925–2007)
Iranian-Armenian
and American painter, gallerist, a pioneer of
Iranian modern art
H
Raoof Haghighi
(1976– ) Iranian-born British painter, known for portraiture and realism
Fariba Hajamadi
(1957– ) Iranian-born American painter, photographer, installation artist
Khosrow Hassanzadeh
(1963–2023) painter, printmaker and installation artist
Haydar Hatemi
(1945– ) painter, sculptor
Mansooreh Hosseini
(1926–2012) contemporary painter
J
Pouran Jinchi
(1959– ) Iranian-born American painter, sculptor, calligrapher
K
Abbas Katouzian
(1923–2008) painter
Kamal-ol-Molk
(1848–1940) painter, and part of the
Ghaffari family
in
Kashan
Keikhosro Khoroush
(1941– ) painter and calligrapher
Zhaleh Kazemi
(1944–2005), painter, news anchor, and producer
Shokufeh Kavani
(1970– ) Iranian-born Australian contemporary painter, nurse
Reza Khodadadi
(1961– ) contemporary artist, academic, painter, sculptor, and muralist
L
Farideh Lashai
(1944– 2013) painter
M
Iman Maleki
(1976– ), painter of realism
Leyly Matine-Daftary
(1937–2007), modernist painter, educator
[
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]
Sirak Melkonian
(1930–2024), modernist painter
Farshid Mesghali
(1943–), graphic designer, illustrator, and author
Mohammad Modabber
(1890–1966), painter
Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam
(1924–2018), painter and professor of art
Farhad Moshiri
(1963–2024), pop art painter
Noreen Motamed
(1967–), Iranian-born American painter
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
(1941– ), painter, architect and politician
N
Naderi Yeganeh, Hamid
(1990– ), Iranian mathematical artist
[
2
]
[
3
]
Afshin Naghouni
(1969-), Iranian-British visual artist
Shirin Neshat
(1957– ), Iranian-American artist, photographer and filmmaker
Nodjoumi, Nicky
(1942– ), Iranian-American painter
Nouri, Mina
(1951– ), Iranian painter, and printmaker
Novin, Guity
(1944– ), Iranian-Canadian figurative painter, and graphic designer
Nuri, Hossein
(1954– ), Iranian painter, dramaturge, and filmmaker
O
Kazem Ordoobadi
(1919–2002), painter
Nasser Ovissi
(born 1934) Iranian-born American painter
P
Kour Pour
(1987– ), Iranian-British painter, printmaker
R
Shokouh Riazi
(1921–1965), modernist painter
S
Gholamhossein Saber
(born 1941), painter and photographer
Ali Akbar Sadeghi
(1937– ) painter
Farhad Sadeghi Amini
(1963– ) painter
Behjat Sadr
(1924–2009) modernist art painter
Salimi, Homayoun
(1948– ) painter and academic
Samad, Khwaja Abdus
(16th century) painter and one of the founders of the Mughal school of painting in India
Sohrab Sepehri
(1928–1980) poet and painter
Tony Shafrazi
(1943–) Iranian-born American contemporary art dealer, gallerist, and artist
Naz Shahrokh
(born 1969), conceptual artist
Keyvan Shovir
(born 1985), Iranian-born American graffiti artist
T
Amir Shayesteh Tabar
(1967– ), painter and poet
Towhidi Tabari
(1964– ), painter and Persian style illuminator
Jazeh Tabatabai
(1931–2008), avant-garde painter, poet, and sculptor
Sadegh Tabrizi
(1938–2017), Iranian modern painter, calligrapher
Taravat Talepasand
(1979– ), American painter, sculptor of Iranian descent
Mohammad Ali Taraghijah
(1943–2010), painter of rural landscapes
Parviz Tanavoli
(1937–), sculptor, art historian, author
V
Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam
(1924–2018), painter and professor
Z
Hossein Zenderoudi
(1937– ) modernist painter and sculptor
Jalil Ziapour
(1920–1999) painter, academician, researcher, and writer
See also
List of Iranian artists
List of Iranian women artists
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