Abolhassan Etessami
Abolhassan Estessami | |
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ابوالحسن اعتصامی | |
Born | Abolhassan Eʿteṣām-al-Molk 1903 Iran |
Died | 1978 Iran | (aged 74–75)
Other names | Abolhassan E'tesami |
Parent(s) |
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Relatives | Yussef Etessami (brother), Parvin E'tesami (niece) |
Abolhassan Etessami (1903–1978), was an Iranian architect, calligrapher, painter, and novelist.
Biography[]
His father Mīrzā Ebrāhīm Khan Mostawfī Eʿteṣām-al-Molk (or Ebrahim Etessami) was from Ashtian and the head of finance of the Iranian province of Azerbaijan.[1] His brother Yussef Etessami was the founder of the Bahar journal, and the father of the poet Parvin Etessami.[1][2]
Abolhassan Etessami was educated in Tehran at the , the American School, and the Kamal-ol-molk School of Fine Arts. Then he spent some years in Isfahan to learn architecture and decoration techniques, and later went to work at Tehran University.
Etessami produced a series of architecture projects, detailed maquettes of which were made by himself. On the Iranian Ministry of Fine Arts' request, the maquettes were sent to Brussels' 1958 Universal Exhibition, where Abolhassan Etessami was awarded the gold medal in the individual presentation category. The maquettes were later bought by the National Museum of Iran, and included in the permanent collection of the Islamic arts division.
In addition to architecture projects, Etessami left a series of oil on canvas paintings including Some ruins in Dowlat-Abad, A village home in Niavaran, and Pasteur's intercession for Napoleon, and some novels including The left alone man and The malicious Mohil-o-doleh.
Gallery[]
Some ruins in Dowlat-Abad, circa 1925
A village home in Niavaran, circa 1930
References[]
- ^ a b Moayyad, Heshmat (December 15, 1998). "Etesami, Mirza Yusuf Khan Ashtiani, Etesam-al-Molk". iranicaonline.org. Encyclopedia Iranica, Vol. VIII, Fasc. 6. p. 666. Archived from the original on 2011-04-29. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
- ^ "Parvin Etesami; Shining jewel in Persian literature's history". Mehr News Agency. 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
Further reading[]
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar. 1977. Biographical note. In Poems of Parvin Etessami, ed. Abolfath Etessami, p. 342. Tehran: Abolfath Etessami.
- Etessami, Abolhassan. 1958. Biographical note. Tehran University News Bulletin 374, pp. 34–7.
- Architecte Iranien: Yves Ghiai, Heydar Ghiai, Abolhassan Etessami, Hossein Amanat, Farshid Moussavi, Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian. Livres Groupe. General Books LLC. 2010. ISBN 9781159383084.
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- Iranian architects
- Iranian calligraphers
- Iranian male novelists
- Iranian novelists
- 1903 births
- 1978 deaths
- 20th-century novelists
- 20th-century Iranian painters
- 20th-century Iranian architects