List of Iranian painters

The following is a list of Iranian painters.

Classical era

• Reza Abbasi (1565–1635) miniaturist of the Isfahan School
• Mihr 'Ali (<abbr>fl.</abbr> 1795– post 1830) royal painter
• Kamaleddin Behzad (1450–1535)
• Farrukh Beg (ca. 1547)
• 'Ali Ashraf (fl c. 1735–1780) lacquer painter and miniaturist

Modern era

A

• Iman Afsarian (born 1974), realist painter
• Shahla Aghapour, Iranian-born German painter, author and gallery director
• Aydin Aghdashloo (1940– ) painter, graphic artist, art curator, writer, and film critic
• Mehdi Ahmadi (1966–2026) painter
• Samira Alikhanzadeh (1967– ) painter, mixed media artist
• Bahram Alivandi (1928–2012) Iranian-born Austrian modernist painter
• Massoud Arabshahi (1935–2019) painter, leading member of the Saqqakhaneh movement
• Kamrooz Aram (1978– ) contemporary painter, installation artist, collagist
• Siah Armajani (1939–2020) conceptual artist

B

• Jamal Bakhshpour (1944–2015) contemporary painter
• Mohammad Ali Baniasadi (born 1955) painter, illustrator, cartoonist and sculptor, known for illustrating children's books
• Hossein Behzad (1894–1968) painter
• Dariush Borbor (1934– ) Iranian-French architect, painter, urban planner, designer, sculptor, and writer

D

• Delara Darabi (1986–2009) executed for suspected murder, painter and poet
• Iran Darroudi (1936–2021) modernist painter
• Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi (1930–2012) painter, gallerist, and an innovator of Iranian modern art
• Ali Divandari (1957– ) painter
• Bijan Daneshmand (1958– ) Iranian-born English actor, painter

E

• Ahmad Esfandiari (1922–2012) modernist painter
• Abolhassan Etessami (1903–1978), architect, calligrapher, painter, and novelist
• Zohreh Etezad Saltaneh (1962– ) artist, painter, carpet weaver

F

• Amir H. Fallah (1979– ) Iranian-born American painter, based in Los Angeles
• Roya Farassat (born 1964), painter, sculptor, based in New York City
• Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019) painter, sculptor; known for her cut mirror mosaic work (Āina-kāri)
• Mahmoud Farshchian (1930–2025) master of Persian miniature painting, educator

G

• Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928–2005) self-taught folk painter from northern Mazandaran Province
• Mansoor Ghandriz (1936–1966) modernist painter
• Marcos Grigorian (1925–2007) Iranian-Armenian and American painter, gallerist, a pioneer of Iranian modern art

H

• Raoof Haghighi (1976– ) Iranian-born British painter, known for portraiture and realism
• Fariba Hajamadi (1957– ) Iranian-born American painter, photographer, installation artist
• Khosrow Hassanzadeh (1963–2023) painter, printmaker and installation artist
• Haydar Hatemi (1945– ) painter, sculptor
• Mansooreh Hosseini (1926–2012) contemporary painter

J

• Pouran Jinchi (1959– ) Iranian-born American painter, sculptor, calligrapher

K

• Abbas Katouzian (1923–2008) painter
• Kamal-ol-Molk (1848–1940) painter, and part of the Ghaffari family in Kashan
• Keikhosro Khoroush (1941– ) painter and calligrapher
• Zhaleh Kazemi (1944–2005), painter, news anchor, and producer
• Shokufeh Kavani (1970– ) Iranian-born Australian contemporary painter, nurse
• Reza Khodadadi (1961– ) contemporary artist, academic, painter, sculptor, and muralist

L

• Farideh Lashai (1944– 2013) painter

M

• Iman Maleki (1976– ), painter of realism
• Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007), modernist painter, educator

• Sirak Melkonian (1930–2024), modernist painter

• Farshid Mesghali (1943–), graphic designer, illustrator, and author
• Mohammad Modabber (1890–1966), painter
• Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam (1924–2018), painter and professor of art
• Farhad Moshiri (1963–2024), pop art painter
• Noreen Motamed (1967–), Iranian-born American painter
• Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1941– ), painter, architect and politician

N

• Naderi Yeganeh, Hamid (1990– ), Iranian mathematical artist
• Afshin Naghouni (1969-), Iranian-British visual artist
• Shirin Neshat (1957– ), Iranian-American artist, photographer and filmmaker
• Nodjoumi, Nicky (1942– ), Iranian-American painter
• Nouri, Mina (1951– ), Iranian painter, and printmaker
• Novin, Guity (1944– ), Iranian-Canadian figurative painter, and graphic designer
• Nuri, Hossein (1954– ), Iranian painter, dramaturge, and filmmaker

O

• Kazem Ordoobadi (1919–2002), painter
• Nasser Ovissi (born 1934) Iranian-born American painter

P

• Kour Pour (1987– ), Iranian-British painter, printmaker

R

• Shokouh Riazi (1921–1965), modernist painter

S

• Gholamhossein Saber (born 1941), painter and photographer
• Ali Akbar Sadeghi (1937– ) painter
• Farhad Sadeghi Amini (1963– ) painter
• Behjat Sadr (1924–2009) modernist art painter
• Salimi, Homayoun (1948– ) painter and academic
• Samad, Khwaja Abdus (16th century) painter and one of the founders of the Mughal school of painting in India
• Sohrab Sepehri (1928–1980) poet and painter
• Tony Shafrazi (1943–) Iranian-born American contemporary art dealer, gallerist, and artist
• Naz Shahrokh (born 1969), conceptual artist
• Keyvan Shovir (born 1985), Iranian-born American graffiti artist

T

• Amir Shayesteh Tabar (1967– ), painter and poet
• Towhidi Tabari (1964– ), painter and Persian style illuminator
• Jazeh Tabatabai (1931–2008), avant-garde painter, poet, and sculptor
• Sadegh Tabrizi (1938–2017), Iranian modern painter, calligrapher
• Taravat Talepasand (1979– ), American painter, sculptor of Iranian descent
• Mohammad Ali Taraghijah (1943–2010), painter of rural landscapes
• Parviz Tanavoli (1937–), sculptor, art historian, author

V

• Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam (1924–2018), painter and professor

Z

• Hossein Zenderoudi (1937– ) modernist painter and sculptor
• Jalil Ziapour (1920–1999) painter, academician, researcher, and writer

See also

• List of Iranian artists
• List of Iranian women artists

Notes