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Manoucher Yektai
Iranian-American artist (1921–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Manoucher Yektai (Persian: منوچهر یکتایی; b. 22, 1921 – d. 19, 2019)[1][2] was an Iranian-born American artist and poet. A member of the New York School of artists, Yektai's paintings synthesized diverse influences from the United States, France, and Iran into works that trouble distinctions between abstraction and representation.
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Early life and education
Born in Tehran, Iran, Yektai dropped out of Tehran University without obtaining a degree. Between 1945 and 1947, he studied with Amédée Ozenfant in Paris, and later in New York City. From 1946 to 1947, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at the atelier of André Lhote. From 1947 to 1948, he studied at the Art Students League of New York.
Career
Yektai has many works in North American and European collections and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and numerous private collections such as the Yellowstone Art Museum.[3]
Personal life
Yektai was married to Iranian artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian from 1950 to 1953.[4] He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1959. In 1968, he married Helene Kulukundis Yektai, an author and illustrator of children's books. They remained married until his death in 2019.
Yektai had four children, including Darius Yektai, a painter, and Nico Yektai, a sculptural furniture designer and maker. In 2017, Manoucher, Darius, and Nico Yektai were featured in a group exhibition titled Yektai at Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York. This exhibition was accompanied by a documentary produced by The Artist Profile Archive, which explored the family's artistic legacy.[5]
He died at the age of 97 in New York City on November 19, 2019.[6]
Selected solo exhibitions
- 1949: Woodstock, New York
- 1951, 1952, 1953: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Inc., New York City
- 1956: American Associated Artists, New York City
- 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964: Poindexter Gallery, New York City
- 1959: Felix Landau Gallery Los Angeles County, California
- 1960,1961, 1963, 1965: Semia Huber Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
- 1962: Anderson Meyer Gallery, Paris; Feingarten Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
- 1961, 1962, 1964, 1970: Picadilly Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- 1965, 1966, (67: Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
- 1966. 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1996: Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
- 1977, 1978: Galerie Zand, Teheran, Iran
- 1981, 1984: Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
- 1988: Paris - New York: Kent Fine Art, Kent, Connecticut
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