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Leyly Matine-Daftary
Iranian artist (1937–2007) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007) was an Iranian modernist artist and art educator. She was based in both Tehran and Paris.[1] Matine-Daftary was best known for her flat paintings that highlighted simplicity but still expressed emotions.[2]
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Biography
Marzieh Leyly Matine-Daftary[3] was born on the 19 January 1937 in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran (now known as Iran).[4] The only daughter of Ahmad Matin-Daftari and Mansoureh Mossadegh, her mother was the daughter of the Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh and Zia al-Saltaneh.
Matine-Daftarys paternal grandparents were Showkat ad-Dowleh and Mirza Mahmud-Khan Ain ul-Mamalek. Because Showkat ad-Dowleh was the half-sister of Mossadegh, Matine-Daftarys parents were first cousins. Matine-Daftarys father was thrown in prison after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran by the Allies in 1941 because of his German connections.[5]
In 1953, Matine-Daftarys grandfather, Mossadegh was deposed in a coup.
Matine-Daftary was a close friend of Farah Diba. [6][7] There was a family connection because the third marriage of great-grand grandmother (Najm al-Saltaneh of Matine-Daftary had been to a Diba.
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Education
After completing her elementary education in Tehran, Matine-Daftary was at the age of ten sent to England where she attended Cheltenham Ladies' College.[8] She obtained a Fine Arts degree from the Slade School of Fine Art[8] before returning to Tehran in the late 1950s.[1][4]
Artistic Career
From 1960 until 1956 Matine-Daftary lectured on sculpture and sculpting at the Fine Arts Faculty of Tehran University.[4][9] Matine-Daftary was involved in the early Tehran Biennial and in the Shiraz Arts Festival, for which she created iconic identifying materials.[10]
Marriage
In 1961,[11] Matine-Daftary married her first cousin twice removed, Kaveh Farmanfarmaian,[8][12] i (son of Abdol-Hossein Farman Farma). Farmanfarmaian was a business man and was the founder of a number of corporations, such as Bank of Industry and Mining. The couple had two children,[11] a son and a daughter before divorcing.
After her divorce Matine-Daftary divided her time between Paris and her house in the Ferdows Gardens[8],in Tehran.
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Death
Matine-Daftary died in Paris on 17 April 2007.[13]
Exhibitions
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- 2016, "20th Century Art/Middle East", part of Middle East Art Week, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Dubai[14]
- 2013 – 2014, "Iran Modern", Asia Society, New York City[15][16]
- 1974 – 1975, "Exhibition of the Contemporary Iranian Art collection of Farah Pahlavi" - (traveling) Tehran, Islamabad, Delhi, Istanbul, Ankara, Belgrade, Moscow, London and Paris[9]
- 1973, Salon d’Automne, Paris Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
- 1968, "International Festival of Arts", Shiraz Modern Iranian Art and Columbia University, New York City, New York
- 1967, ”25 Years of Modern Iranian Art”, Tehran Museum, Tehran, Iran
- 1966, Tehran Biennale, Iranian Pavilion, Official Selection, Tehran, Iran
- 1962, Tehran Biennale, Iranian Pavilion, Official Selection, Tehran, Iran
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