Ali Akbar Sadeghi

rdf:langString Ali Akbar Sadeghi

rdf:langString Ali Akbar Sadeghi

rdf:langString Ali Akbar Sadeghi

rdf:langString Ali Akbar Sadeghi In his Studio, 2014

rdf:langString Iranian Surrealist

rdf:langString Iranian

rdf:langString Painter, animator, director, and illusrator

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rdf:langString Ali Akbar Sadeghi (Persian: علی‌اکبر صادقی, also Romanized as "Ali-Akbar Sādeqi"; born 22 November 1937) a graduate of the College of Art, University of Tehran, is one of the most prolific and successful Iranian painters and artists. As a child, Ali Akbar Sadeghi reminisces that he would be lost in the chants of narrators that gave account of Shahnameh stories; accounts of Siavash riding on horseback, still-armored Bijan, Rostam’s arrow hitting Ashkbous in the heart, Faramarz, elephant rider, and bravery of other heroes whose names remain in Persian literature and Iranian folklore forever. In general, the lyrical, heroic world of legends is an indispensable part of Ali Akbar Sadeghi's worldview, a world whose figurative representations sometimes appear in old miniature paintings or more popular forms of art, including coffeehouse painting, reverse painting on glass, imprints on wood and paper, and stunning images in lithographed books. He began to teach painting in high school in the 1950s, before entering the university in 1958. His early works were with watercolor, but as of 1959, soon after entering college, he began oil painting and drawing. He initiated a particular style in Persian painting, influenced by Coffee House painting, iconography, and traditional Iranian portrait painting, following the Qajar tradition – a mixture of a kind of surrealism, influenced by the art of stained glass. He did his early works in graphics and illustration. After the Iranian Revolution, Sadeghi seriously pursued painting. In 1989, he founded Sabz Gallery, which was actively and continuously exhibiting the works of Iranian painters until 2003. Sadeghi has been artistically active in the past 60 years.