Parviz Kalantari
Parviz Kalantari at Farsi Wikipedia… more
Parviz Kalantari (Iranian, b. 1931)
Oasis
signed and dated in Farsi (lower left)
oil and straw on canvas
45¼ x 91in. (115 x 231cm.)
Executed in 2007… more
Illustration is an art that in accordance with cultural structures and educational needs of different societies establishes a close link between visual arts and literature. In Iran, this art has enjoyed a long and bright history that with a boom in children literature in post-constitutionalism era as well as the use of lithography could acquire an independent identity….. more
Parviz Kalantari, a painter and illustrator who is best known as the creator of persian paintings and illustrations in modern Iranian art. He is the author of many memorable textbook stories such as “The Fox and the Crow” and “The Liar Shepherd”… more
Parviz Kalantari’s works bring to mind figurative poetry made of earth. His adobe paintings invoke a utopia, a promised land of peace, equilibrium, and splendor that recur in his work. This has been a recurring theme of his work for many years, an attempt to re-create a land, a utopia that the artist has either dreamed of or given life to in his dreams… more