# List of Iranian painters

The following is a list of Iranian painters.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## Classical era

* Reza Abbasi (1565–1635) miniaturist of the Isfahan School
* Mihr 'Ali (fl. 1795– post 1830) royal painter
* Kamaleddin Behzad (1450–1535)
* Farrukh Beg (ca. 1547)
* 'Ali Ashraf (fl c. 1735–1780) lacquer painter and miniaturist

## Modern era
### A

* Iman Afsarian (born 1974), realist painter
* Shahla Aghapour, Iranian-born German painter, author and gallery director
* Aydin Aghdashloo (1940– ) painter, graphic artist, art curator, writer, and film critic
* Samira Alikhanzadeh (1967– ) painter, mixed media artist
* Bahram Alivandi (1928–2012) Iranian-born Austrian modernist painter
* Massoud Arabshahi (1935–2019) painter, leading member of the Saqqakhaneh movement
* Kamrooz Aram (1978– ) contemporary painter, installation artist, collagist
* Siah Armajani (1939–2020) conceptual artist

### B

* Jamal Bakhshpour (1944–2015) contemporary painter
* Mohammad Ali Baniasadi (born 1955) painter, illustrator, cartoonist and sculptor, known for illustrating children's books
* Hossein Behzad (1894–1968) painter
* Dariush Borbor (1934– ) Iranian-French architect, painter, urban planner, designer, sculptor, and writer

### D

* Delara Darabi (1986–2009) executed for suspected murder, painter and poet
* Iran Darroudi (1936–2021) modernist painter
* Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi (1930–2012) painter, gallerist, and an innovator of Iranian modern art
* Ali Divandari (1957– ) painter
* Bijan Daneshmand (1958– ) Iranian-born English actor, painter

### E

* Ahmad Esfandiari (1922–2012) modernist painter
* Abolhassan Etessami (1903–1978), architect, calligrapher, painter, and novelist
* Zohreh Etezad Saltaneh (1962– ) artist, painter, carpet weaver

### F

* Amir H. Fallah (1979– ) Iranian-born American painter, based in Los Angeles
* Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019) painter, sculptor; known for her cut mirror mosaic work (Āina-kāri)
* Mahmoud Farshchian (1930– ) master of Persian miniature painting, educator

### G

* Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928–2005) self-taught folk painter from northern Mazandaran Province
* Mansoor Ghandriz (1936–1966) modernist painter
* Marcos Grigorian (1925–2007) Iranian-Armenian and American painter, gallerist, a pioneer of Iranian modern art

### H

* Raoof Haghighi (1976– ) Iranian-born British painter, known for portraiture and realism
* Fariba Hajamadi (1957– ) Iranian-born American painter, photographer, installation artist
* Khosrow Hassanzadeh (1963–2023) painter, printmaker and installation artist
* Haydar Hatemi (1945– ) painter, sculptor
* Mansooreh Hosseini (1926–2012) contemporary painter

### J

* Pouran Jinchi (1959– ) Iranian-born American painter, sculptor, calligrapher

### K

* Abbas Katouzian (1923–2008) painter
* Kamal-ol-Molk (1848–1940) painter, and part of the Ghaffari family in Kashan
* Keikhosro Khoroush (1941– ) painter and calligrapher
* Zhaleh Kazemi (1944–2005), painter, news anchor, and producer
* Shokufeh Kavani (1970– ) Iranian-born Australian contemporary painter, nurse
* Reza Khodadadi (1961– ) contemporary artist, academic, painter, sculptor, and muralist

### L

* Farideh Lashai (1944– ) painter

### M

* Iman Maleki (1976– ), painter of realism
* Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007), modernist painter, educator
* Sirak Melkonian (1930–2024), modernist painter
* Farshid Mesghali (1943–), graphic designer, illustrator, and author
* Mohammad Modabber (1890–1966), painter
* Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam (1924–2018), painter and professor of art
* Farhad Moshiri (1963–2024), pop art painter
* Noreen Motamed (1967–), Iranian-born American painter
* Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1941– ), painter, architect and politician

### N

* Naderi Yeganeh, Hamid (1990– ), Iranian mathematical artist
* Afshin Naghouni (1969-), Iranian-British visual artist
* Shirin Neshat (1957– ), Iranian-American artist, photographer and filmmaker
* Nodjoumi, Nicky (1942– ), Iranian-American painter
* Nouri, Mina (1951– ), Iranian painter, and printmaker
* Novin, Guity (1944– ), Iranian-Canadian figurative painter, and graphic designer
* Nuri, Hossein (1954– ), Iranian painter, dramaturge, and filmmaker

### O

* Kazem Ordoobadi (1919–2002), painter
* Nasser Ovissi (born 1934) Iranian-born American painter

### P

* Kour Pour (1987– ), Iranian-British painter, printmaker

### R

* Shokouh Riazi (1921–1965), modernist painter

### S

* Gholamhossein Saber (born 1941), painter and photographer
* Ali Akbar Sadeghi (1937– ) painter
* Farhad Sadeghi Amini (1963– ) painter
* Behjat Sadr (1924–2009) modernist art painter
* Salimi, Homayoun (1948– ) painter and academic
* Samad, Khwaja Abdus (16th century) painter and one of the founders of the Mughal school of painting in India
* Sohrab Sepehri (1928–1980) poet and painter
* Tony Shafrazi (1943–) Iranian-born American contemporary art dealer, gallerist, and artist
* Naz Shahrokh (born 1969), conceptual artist
* Keyvan Shovir (born 1985), Iranian-born American graffiti artist

### T

* Amir Shayesteh Tabar (1967– ), painter and poet
* Towhidi Tabari (1964– ), painter and Persian style illuminator
* Jazeh Tabatabai (1931–2008), avant-garde painter, poet, and sculptor
* Taravat Talepasand (1979– ), Iranian American painter, sculptor
* Mohammad Ali Taraghijah (1943–2010), painter of rural landscapes
* Parviz Tanavoli (1937–), sculptor, art historian, author

### V

* Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam (1924–2018), painter and professor

### Z

* Hossein Zenderoudi (1937– ) modernist painter and sculptor
* Jalil Ziapour (1920–1999) painter, academician, researcher, and writer