Mansoor Ghandriz
Mansoor Ghandriz (Persian: منصور قندریز; 2 March 1936 – 26 February 1966)[1] was an Iranian painter and printmaker. He used Iranian forms in modern art and was one of the pioneers of the Saqqakhaneh movement.[2] Ghandriz is best known for his abstract paintings of mythical creatures…. more
Mansoor Ghandriz was an Iranian Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1935. Mansoor Ghandriz’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 68 USD to 1,470,491 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2008 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,470,491 USD for Untitled, sold at Tehran Auction in 2022. The artist died in 1965…. more
Mansoor Ghandriz is one of the most important Iranian contemporary artists, who died so early. However, despite the limited opportunity he had, he was able to become well known as one of the artists of the Sagha Khaneh movement in Iran….. more
The painting on display, which is a remarkable example of Mansour Ghandriz work, clearly reveals his aesthetic perspective and formal achievements in visual arts; achievements that were common in the work of a number of artists of the 1960s and gave birth to a style known as “Saqqakhaneh School”…. more
Ghandriz painted fabulous mythical creatures in a deliberately primitive, graphic style that evokes traditional Persian designs—as seen here in Simurg and in his double-sided Animals and Betrothal (G1975.93). A member of the Saqqakhaneh movement, he often referenced traditional Iranian decorative art, from the metal standards carried in religious processions to textile patterns….. more