Hossein Behzad

1894–1968 · Qajar Iran

Hossein Behzad (1894 – 13 October 1968) was a prominent Iranian painter. His early work was in the styles of the old masters of Persian painting of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, hoping to save Persian miniature painting from oblivion. Wikipedia

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Works

“Master the Art and Knowledge”, 1950
“Khayyam”, 1954
“finished Youth”, 1951
“The sound of the flute”, 1948
“Khayyam”, 1946
“Omar Khayyam”, 1957
“Rudaki”, 1948
“Oldman and harp”, 1955
“Shirin and Farhad”, 1961
“The Young Woman and the Bird”, 1960
“We don't need anything because of our darling is here”
“Celebration of Seven Domes”
“Saadi”, 1964
“Ferdowsi”, 1957
“If you proclaim the beauty then you're right”, 1933
“This is a Cup That Breaks the Creator of the Intellect”
“A Mullah Addressed by a Princess”, 1925
“Firdawsi Presents His Work to Mahmud”, 1935 — Harvard Art Museums
“Sa'di”