Iran Darroudi
Iran Darroudi
Renowned surrealist painter, Iran Darroudi was born in Mashhad on Sept. 2, 1936 to an aristocrat family. Her family lived in Hamburg, Germany, but the outbreak of the World War II forced them to return home.
Showing a keen interest in painting at an early age, Darroudi participated in free art classes in Tehran to learn painting. After obtaining her high school diploma, Darroudi left Iran to study at Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She also studied history of art at Ecole du Louvre and stained glass at Royal Academy of Brussels, Belgium. Darroudi graduated from R.C.A. Institute of New York in TV direction and production.
Darroudi held her first painting exhibition in Tehran in the spring of 1960. She traveled widely across the world, mounting some 48 individual and 45 group exhibitions in Iran, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Italy, Germany, US and Canada.
Besides writing books and articles on painting and presenting lectures on painting and the role of women in contemporary Iran, Darroudi produced and directed a 55-minute documentary film titled “Venice Biennial 1968.“
From 1967-72, she produced and directed 1,900 minutes of documentary films for Iranian television on artistic appreciation.
She has been member of International Congress of Art Critics, Artist and Artistic Studies of Rimini, Verrucchio and San Marino, Italy since 1964.
She penned her autobiography ’Distance Between Two Points’ in 1996.
Some of her paintings include, “The Bold Persian Gulf,“ “Eternal Marriage,“ “Collapse,“ and “Everlasting Portrait.“
Renowned surrealist painter, Iran Darroudi was born in Mashhad on Sept. 2, 1936 to an aristocrat family. Her family lived in Hamburg, Germany, but the outbreak of the World War II forced them to return home.
Showing a keen interest in painting at an early age, Darroudi participated in free art classes in Tehran to learn painting. After obtaining her high school diploma, Darroudi left Iran to study at Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. She also studied history of art at Ecole du Louvre and stained glass at Royal Academy of Brussels, Belgium. Darroudi graduated from R.C.A. Institute of New York in TV direction and production.
Darroudi held her first painting exhibition in Tehran in the spring of 1960. She traveled widely across the world, mounting some 48 individual and 45 group exhibitions in Iran, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Mexico, Australia, Japan, Italy, Germany, US and Canada.
Besides writing books and articles on painting and presenting lectures on painting and the role of women in contemporary Iran, Darroudi produced and directed a 55-minute documentary film titled “Venice Biennial 1968.“
From 1967-72, she produced and directed 1,900 minutes of documentary films for Iranian television on artistic appreciation.
She has been member of International Congress of Art Critics, Artist and Artistic Studies of Rimini, Verrucchio and San Marino, Italy since 1964.
She penned her autobiography ’Distance Between Two Points’ in 1996.
Some of her paintings include, “The Bold Persian Gulf,“ “Eternal Marriage,“ “Collapse,“ and “Everlasting Portrait.“