birth_place training nationality field birth_date works article_title name bgcolour
tabriz , east azerbaijan , iran accademia di belle arti firenze iranian sculpture , painting 14 august 1944 thinking ignorance , chains of misery , autumn of live man , superman of peace , man & ahad hosseini
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ahad hosseini

ahad hosseini -lrb- azerbaijani : Əhəd hüseyni / احد حوسئيني ; persian احد حسيني ; born 14 august 1944 in tabriz -rrb- is an iranian azerbaijani sculptor and painter .
he was born in 1944 in tabriz , east azerbaijan province , northwest iran .
during his 2 year military service , he worked as teacher-soldier in a small mountain village located on the caspian coast .
a sense of loneliness in this remote village drove him to find his talent in sculpture .
his first works of sculpture were of einstein , bertrand russell , beethoven , and dr. albert schweitzer .
he then worked for a short period in parviz tanavoli 's atelier in tehran .
in 1972 , he studied art in italy as a student at the accademia di belle arti -lrb- academy of fine arts -rrb- of florence .
after returning to tabriz , he concentrated upon his work and created his 12 sculptures called `` misery around the world '' which he presented them to the azerbaijan museum .
the works are made of bronze and consists of different depictions of human misery .
between 1980 and 1982 , hosseini taught sculpture in tabriz and edited a book entitled `` what is art ? '' .
he then lived in turkey and made some sculptures for istanbul university .
his work `` thinking man '' is in the istanbul university faculty of political sciences .
from 1984 until 1990 , hosseini studied and worked at the -lrb- École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs -rrb- -lrb- school of decorative arts -rrb- in paris .
there he explored `` form '' .
in 1993 he made about 60 masks for a french tv show .
hoseini 's works have been displayed at many french art fairs : 1986 in unesco , 1987 in morangis , 1988 in ris orangis 1994 in doaine ä arcueil 1995 in cachan theatre , 1996 in the hongrios institute and bernanos gallery ,
