Sadegh Tabrizi
{{Short description|Iranian painter, calligrapher, designer (1938–2017)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Sadegh Tabrizi
| native_name = صادق تبریزی
| native_name_lang = fa
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 3 March 1938
| birth_place = Tehran, Pahlavi Iran (now Iran)
| death_date = 4 December 2017
| death_place = London, England
| occupation = Painter, calligrapher, designer, art collector
}}
Sadegh Tabrizi ({{Langx|fa|صادق تبریزی}}; 3 March 1938 – 4 December 2017){{Cite web |date=January 31, 2018 |title=Iranian artist Sadeq Tabrizi dies at 79 in London |url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/420884/Iranian-artist-Sadeq-Tabrizi-dies-at-79-in-London |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=Tehran Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |date=January 25, 2024 |title=Palette: Sadegh Tabrizi |url=http://www.parsagon.com/?p=6328 |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=Parsagon |language=en-US}} was an Iranian painter, calligrapher, and designer. He is one of the pioneers of Iranian modern art, and is associated with the Saqqakhaneh movement.
Early life and education
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Sadegh Tabrizi was born in 1938, in Tehran. He graduated in 1964 from the Faculty of Decorative Arts, Tehran ({{Langx|fa|Honarestān-e honarhā-ye zibā}}).{{Cite web |title=Tabrizi, Sadegh |url=https://www.ledelarge.fr/32280_artiste_TABRIZI_Sadjegh |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=Le Delarge, Le dictionnaire des arts plastiques modernes et contemporains}}
Career
Tabrizi is thought to have been the first Iranian artist to work with traditional calligraphy combined with modern art elements.
In 1962, he was part of a group exhibition Fourteen Contemporary Iranians at the Ben and Abby Grey Foundation in Minnesota, curated by Parviz Tanavoli.
Tabrizi played a pivotal role in the establishing the Iran Gallery ({{Langx|fa|Talar-e Iran}}), founded in 1964 by Tabrizi, Rouin Pakbaz, Faramarz Pilaram, Mansoor Ghandriz, Mohammad-Reza Jodat, Ghobad Shiva, Massoud Arabshahi, Sirus Malek, Farshid Mesghali, Parviz Mahallati, Morteza Momayez, and Hadi Hezareiy.{{Cite web |last=Saghafi |first=Morad |date=Autumn 1996 |title=The city and the social presentation of art: A glance at Ghandriz Gallery experience |url=https://pagesmagazine.net/en/articles/the-city-and-the-social-presentation-of-art-a-glance-at-ghandriz-gallery-experience/58ca787e9874cf00b277ccc1 |access-date= |website=Pages Magazine, No. 13 |language=en}} After the death of artist Mansoor Ghandriz in 1966, the Iran Gallery was renamed Ghandriz Gallery ({{Langx|fa|Talar-e Ghandriz}}) in his honor; and it remained open until the summer of 1978 during the Iranian Revolution.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-07 |title=Simurg, c. 1961-1964 |url=https://greyartgallery.nyu.edu/artworks/simurg-2/ |access-date= |website=Grey Art Gallery |language=en-US}}
Tabrizi also designed first official emblem of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1980, which featured stars and fists in a black version and golden version.{{Cite web |title=پرچم جمهوری اسلامی ایران چگونه طراحی شد؟ |trans-title=How was the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran designed? |url=https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/1742101/%D9%BE%D8%B1%DA%86%D9%85-%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AD%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%AF |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=IRIB News |language=fa}}{{Cite news |title=0 نقاشیخط تبریزی در لندن به نمایش درمیآید |trans-title=40 Tabrizi calligraphy paintings to be exhibited in London |url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/1119748/40-%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%B7-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127063416/https://www.mehrnews.com/news/1119748/40-%D9%86%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B4%DB%8C-%D8%AE%D8%B7-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AF |archive-date=27 November 2018 |work=Mehr News |language=fa}}
He moved to London due for medical reasons a for a few months, and died of an illness related to liver cancer on 4 December 2017, in London.
Tabrizi's artwork can be found in museum collections including at the Grey Art Museum at New York University; the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art; and the Han China Museum.{{Cite web |date=2011-05-25 |title=زندگینامه: صادق تبریزی (۱۳۱۷-) |trans-title=Biography: Sadegh Tabrizi (1938-) |url=https://www.hamshahrionline.ir/news/136001/%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%82-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2%DB%8C-%DB%B1%DB%B3%DB%B1%DB%B7 |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=همشهری آنلاین (Hamshahri) |language=fa}}
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