Hossein Behzad

Hossein Behzad
حسین بهزاد
Behzad in 1958
Born1894
Shiraz, Iran
Died13 October 1968(1968-10-13) (aged 73–74)
Iran
Known forPainter
1951 miniature painting by master Behzad depicting the story of Farhad and Shirin.

Hossein Behzad (1894 – 13 October 1968; Persian: حسین بهزاد) was a prominent Iranian painter. His early work was in the styles of the old masters of Persian painting of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, hoping to save Persian miniature painting from oblivion.[1]

  1. ^ "Hossein Behzad (Iranian, 1894-1964) Dreaming of the Beloved". Christie's. Retrieved 13 May 2016.