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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1924 - 2019) was active/lived in New York / Iran, Iran, Islamic Republic of.  Monir Farmanfarmaian is known for Islamic motif glass mosaics, reverse glass abstract painting, collage, wooden forms.

"Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96, Dies; Artist Melded Islam and the Abstract," Obituary, The New York Times online, by Jason Farago, April 29, 2019

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian artist whose mirror-encrusted geometric compositions drew on both Islamic architecture and the abstractions of the postwar New York avant-garde, died on April 20 in Tehran. She was 96.

The death was confirmed by a grandson, Aziz Isham.

Ms. Farmanfarmaian (pronounced far-mahn-far-MY-ahn) emerged as a key actor in the worldwide development of abstract art in recent years, as curators of American and European museums began to map a global history of postwar painting and sculpture.

Her art ranged from decorous early floral painting to stern, memory-haunted collages. But her most compelling works were polygonal wooden forms, sometimes free-standing and sometimes mounted on the wall, that were covered in thousands of precisely cut small mirrors. She made her first such work in 1969,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 14285 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian

   Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian  Born:  1924 - Qazvin, Iran
Died:   2019 - Tehran, Iran
Known for:  Islamic motif glass mosaics, reverse glass abstract painting, collage, wooden forms
Name variants:  Monir

"Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96, Dies; Artist Melded Islam and the Abstract," Obituary, The New York Times online, by Jason Farago, April 29, 2019

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, an Iranian artist whose mirror-encrusted geometric compositions drew on both Islamic architecture and the abstractions of the postwar New York avant-garde, died on April 20 in Tehran. She was 96.

The death was confirmed by a grandson, Aziz Isham.

Ms. Farmanfarmaian (pronounced far-mahn-far-MY-ahn) emerged as a key actor in the worldwide development of abstract art in recent years, as curators of American and European museums began to map a global history of postwar painting and sculpture.

Her art ranged from decorous early floral painting to s  ...  Displaying 750 of 14285 characters.

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