    From top left to bottom right: Gouache painting by Abu'l-Hasan Sani al-Mulk (1850-1851); Equestrian Statue of Naser al-Din Shah by Mirza Ali Akbar (1888); Young mukhanna and girl, early Qajar Iran; Mirror Hall by Kamal-ol-molk(1876) | |
| Years active | 18th–20th centuries |
|---|---|
Qajar art was the architecture, paintings, and other art forms produced under the Qajar dynasty, which lasted from 1781 to 1925 in Iran (Persia).
The boom in artistic expression that occurred during the Qajar era was a side effect of the period of relative peace that accompanied the rule of Agha Muhammad Khan and his descendants. With his ascension, the bloody turmoil that had been the 18th century in Persia came to a close and made it possible for peacetime arts to again flourish.