The Most Famous
PAINTERS from Iran
This page contains a list of the greatest Iranian Painters. The pantheon dataset contains 2,023 Painters, 5 of which were born in Iran. This makes Iran the birth place of the 36th most number of Painters behind India, and Azerbaijan.
Top 6
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Iranian Painters of all time. This list of famous Iranian Painters is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Reza Abbasi (1565 - 1635)
With an HPI of 57.00, Reza Abbasi is the most famous Iranian Painter. His biography has been translated into 28 different languages on wikipedia.
Reza Abbasi (Persian: رضا عباسی), also known as Aqa Reza (c. 1565 – 1635), was the leading Persian miniaturist of the Isfahan School during the later Safavid period, spending most of his career working for Shah Abbas I. He is considered to be the last great master of the Persian miniature, best known for his single miniatures for muraqqa or albums, especially single figures of beautiful youths.
2. Kamal-ol-molk (1848 - 1940)
With an HPI of 51.44, Kamal-ol-molk is the 2nd most famous Iranian Painter. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Mohammad Ghaffari (Persian: محمد غفاری; September 29, 1848 — August 18, 1940), better known as Kamal-ol-Molk ("Perfection of the Realm"; کمالالمُلک), was an Iranian painter and part of the Ghaffari family in Kashan.
3. Abd al-Samad (1500 - 1593)
With an HPI of 44.32, Abd al-Samad is the 3rd most famous Iranian Painter. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
'Abd al-Ṣamad or Khwaja 'Abd-us-Ṣamad was a 16th century painter of Persian miniatures who moved to India and became one of the founding masters of the Mughal miniature tradition, and later the holder of a number of senior administrative roles. 'Abd's career under the Mughals, from about 1550 to 1595, is relatively well documented, and a number of paintings are authorised to him from this period. From about 1572 he headed the imperial workshop of the Emperor Akbar and "it was under his guidance that Mughal style came to maturity". It has recently been contended by a leading specialist, Barbara Brend, that Samad is the same person as Mirza Ali, a Persian artist whose documented career seems to end at the same time as Abd al-Samad appears working for the Mughals.
4. Guity Novin (b. 1944)
With an HPI of 44.30, Guity Novin is the 4th most famous Iranian Painter. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Guity Novin (née Navran; born 1944) is an Iranian-born Canadian artist, known as a figurative painter and graphic designer. She classifies her work as "transpressionism" (trans- and impressionism), a term coined by Novin in the 1990s. Her works are in private and public collections worldwide. Novin has served on a UNESCO national committee of artists.
5. Ali Divandari (b. 1957)
With an HPI of 40.50, Ali Divandari is the 5th most famous Iranian Painter. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Ali Divandari (Persian: علی دیواندری; also Romanized as Alī Divāndarī, Persian pronunciation: [æliː diːvɒːndæriː]; Born 6 September 1957 in Sabzevar) is an Iranian cartoonist, painter, graphic designer, sculptor and journalist.
6. Shamsia Hassani (b. 1988)
With an HPI of 34.16, Shamsia Hassani is the 6th most famous Iranian Painter. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Shamsia Hassani (Dari:شمسیه حسنی; née Ommolbanin Hassani; born 9 April 1988 in Iran in Iran to refugee Afghan parents) is an Afghani street artist, a fine arts lecturer, and the associate professor of Drawing and Anatomy Drawing at the Kabul University. She has popularized "street art" in the streets of Kabul and has exhibited her art in several countries including India, Iran, Germany, United States of America, Switzerland, Vietnam, Norway, Denmark, Turkey, Italy, Canada, and in diplomatic missions in Kabul. Hassani paints graffiti in Kabul to bring awareness to the war years. In 2014, Hassani was named one of FP's top 100 global thinkers. She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2021.
People
Pantheon has 6 people classified as Iranian painters born between 1500 and 1988. Of these 6, 3 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Iranian painters include Guity Novin, Ali Divandari, and Shamsia Hassani. The most famous deceased Iranian painters include Reza Abbasi, Kamal-ol-molk, and Abd al-Samad. As of April 2024, 1 new Iranian painters have been added to Pantheon including Shamsia Hassani.
Living Iranian Painters
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Guity Novin
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Ali Divandari
1957 - Present
HPI: 40.50
Shamsia Hassani
1988 - Present
HPI: 34.16
