351 - Manouchehr Motabar, Iranian (B. 1936- )

Manouchehr Motabar, Iranian (B. 1936- ) Self Portraits, 2001 Signed 'M.Motabar' and signed again in Farsi lower centre Mixed media on canvas laid down on board 50 x 56 cm Literature: Gharebaghi, Ali Asghar, A Selection Works of Manouchehr Motabar, Modern Academism, Nazar Cultural and Researching Institute, 2004, p. 10 (illustrated). Provenance: Nader & Nader, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008. Manouchehr Motabar initially studied English Language and Literature at Shiraz University before pursuing his passion for art at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, where he specialised in painting. Following his graduation in 1971, he travelled to the United States to further his artistic education, completing three drawing courses in New York and obtaining a master’s degree in Art Education from Indiana University. Upon returning to Iran, Motabar established himself as an influential educator, teaching drawing and painting at various art institutions and universities in Tehran. Alongside his teaching career, he developed an extensive artistic practice, exhibiting in numerous solo and group exhibitions across Iran, the United States and Europe, including Monaco. His artistic achievements have received international recognition, including a medal and honorary diploma at an exhibition of contemporary international painters in Monaco. In 2005, the Imam Ali Museum of Religious Arts held a commemorative event in his honour, while in 2013, Tehran’s Ariana Gallery presented a retrospective exhibition surveying four decades of his drawings and paintings.