Behjat Sadr

Behjat Sadr ( _fa. بهجت صدر; born 1924) is an Iranian painter whose works have been exhibited in major cities across the world, such as New York, Paris, and Rome. She was born to parents Mohammad Sadr Mahallati and Ghamar Amini Sadr in Arak in 1924. Sadr began her studies at the University of Tehran faculty of fine arts. After her graduation, she won a scholarship to the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome at the Naples Academy of Fine Arts. Sadr's first major exhibition was at the twenty-eighth Venice Biennial in 1956. In 1957, Sadr returned to the University of Tehran as a member of faculty. There she met and married Mortaza Hannaneh, and had her only daughter, Kakouti. Sadr was diagnosed with breast cancer in the late 1990s, but has continued to paint. She is the first female modern contemporary painter to be considered on the same level as her male colleagues in Iran. [ [http://www.iranian.ws/cgi-bin/iran_news/exec/view.cgi/2/3430 Final Week of Pioneers of Iranian Modern Art] Persian Journal, (August 22, 2004)]

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* [http://www.iranian.com/FaribaAmini/2002/December/Sadr/ Brief interview from 2002]
* [http://www.tavoosmag.com/english/news/detail.asp?codeclass=444&id=1681 Tavoos article]