Behjat Sadr

Behjat Sadr also known as Behjat Sadr Mahallāti (Persian: بهجت صدر, 29 May 1924 - 11 August 2009) was an Iranian modern art painter whose works have been exhibited in major cities across the world, such as New York, Paris, and Rome.[1] Sadr is known for her paintings that utilizing a palette knife on canvases to create impressionistic paintings featuring visual rhythm, movement and geometric shapes.

Biography

Behjat Sadr Mahallāti was born to Mohammad Sadr-e Mahallāti and Qamar Amini Sadr in Arak, Iran on 29 May 1924.[1] Sadr began her studies at the University of Tehran faculty of fine arts. After her graduation, she won a scholarship to the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome at the Naples Academy of Fine Arts.

Sadr's first major exhibition was at the twenty-eighth Venice Biennial in 1956. In 1957, Sadr returned to the University of Tehran as a member of faculty and taught there for almost 20 years.[2] There she met and married her second husband Morteza Hannaneh (a well known Iranian musician and composer) and had her only daughter, Kakuti (Mitra).[1]

In 1979, after the Islamic Revolution in Iran started Sadr and her daughter moved to Paris.[2]

Sadr was diagnosed with breast cancer in the late 1990s, but continued to paint. She died at age 85 of a heart attack on 11 August 2009 in Corsica.[1][3]

Legacy

Sadr was the first female contemporary painter to be considered on the same level as her male colleagues in Iran.[4]

In 2006, Sadr was the subject of a documentary film called Behjat Sadr: Time Suspended, directed by Mitra Farahani.[5] Which includes footage of the artist at work as well as extensive interviews.

Group Exhibitions

1956 – Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy[2]

1957 – Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy

1957 – Galleria Il Pincio, Rome, Italy

1962 – Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy

1962 – The 3rd Tehran Painting Biennial, Tehran, Iran

1962 – São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil

1987 – "Iranian Contemporary Art: Four Women", Foxley Leach Gallery, Washington DC[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "SADR, BEHJAT". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
  2. 1 2 3 "Behjat Sadr (1925 - 2009)". ArtAsiaPacific Magazine. 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  3. "Iranian painter Behjat Sadr dies at 85 in France". Mehr News. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  4. Final Week of Pioneers of Iranian Modern Art Persian Journal, (22 August 2004)
  5. "Docunight #16: Going Up the Stairs & Behjat Sadr". Roxie Theatre. Retrieved 2015-06-21.

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