Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (‎; 16 December 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an Iranian artist and a collector of folk art. She has been called one of the most important Iranian contemporary artists. She is best known for her mosaics and glass paintings. Her worked joined modern expressionism and traditional Persian craftsmanship. She lived and worked in the United States for many years but later came back to Iran. In 2017, the Monir Museum in Tehran was opened in her honour.

Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was born in Qazvin. She was married twice and had two daughters. She died of natural causes in Tehran on 20 April 2019. She was 96.

 Education 
She finished her B.A. in University of Tehran at the Faculty of Fine Art in 1944, she then moved to New York City. In New York, she studied at Cornell University, at Parsons The New School for Design, where she majored in fashion illustration, and at the Art Students League of New York.

References

Category:1922 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Iranian artists