Lilit Teryan
After 20 years of teaching, everything changed for Lilit Teryan overnight. When the 1979 revolution took place, she was a prominent sculpture professor at Iran’s most important art school, the faculty of fine arts at the University of Tehran. Despite her fame in the circuits of Iran’s art scene, she—like many other local artists—was forced to stop training students due to a ban on teaching sculpture. However, being sacked from her job did not end her teaching career, nor did it stop her from creating art…… more
The Armenian-Iranian sculptor Lilit Teryan is considered the “Mother of Modern Iranian Sculpture.” She studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran. She then left the country to continue her education in France at the University of Beaux-Arts. She could have easily stayed in Paris to establish her artistic career. Still, ultimately, she returned to Iran in 1961, where she began a teaching career at the Faculty of Decorative Arts. She introduced modern sculpture to the academic centers in Iran and then established the Sculpture Department at the faculty…. more
Lilit Teryan is considered the mother of modern Iranian architecture…. more
A funeral procession was held for Lilit Teryan at the Saint Sarkis Cathedral on Saturday. Iranian-Armenian sculptor Teryan, who is considered as the mother of modern Iranian sculpture, died on Thursday at the age of 88… more