Mansooreh Hosseini
At a young age, it was discovered that she had a talent for drawing,[2] which compelled her father to hire a painting tutor to help her work to her potential. Later on, she was educated at the University of Tehran in the Faculty of Fine Arts, from which she graduated in 1949. Mansooreh left Iran in the early 1950s to live in Italy, where she furthered her education at the Rome Academy of Fine Arts leading up to her artistic début at the 28th (XXVIII) Venice Biennial in 1956… more
Mansooreh Hosseini (1926 –2012) was an Iranian contemporary artist and one of the pioneers of the country’s modern art… more
Mansooreh Hosseini was an Iranian Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1926.Mansooreh Hosseini’s work has been offered at auction multiple times… more
Mansoureh Hosseini is one of the pioneers of modern art in Iran. Her gift for painting and poetry was noticed at an early age by her father who hired a painting tutor to develop her skills… more
Mansoureh Hosseini is a modernist painter and one of the first iranian artists who used calligraphy in abstract painting. Mansoureh Hosseini graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in the University of Tehran (1945-1949)…. more
Mansoureh Hosseini (Iranian, b. 1926)
Untitled
signed and dated ‘Mansoureh 64’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
70¼ x 35 1/8in. (178.5 x 89.5cm.)
Painted in 1964…. more
Color and line attain visual eloquence in the work of Mansoureh Hosseini simultaneously. However, the present work is a notable example of her figurative works in which, simple juxtaposition of limited colors and prominent lines are visible. More than approaching stylistic rules, Mansoureh Hosseini’s figure of Reed Player exploits a personal expression to expose the mood of the player and, more importantly, emotional state of the painter, enjoying a painterly treatment and a dominant blue shade. Despite their simplicity and little diversity, colors are truly presenting the expressive style of the artist….. more