TEHRAN-The veteran Iranian graphic designer and painter Kamran Katouzian died in Tehran on Saturday at 83.
Among the leading agents of the abstract art stream in Iran, he died at his home after withstanding a long-lasting health problem.
The artists body will be buried on Tuesday in the artists plot of Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery, Mehr reported.Born in Tehran, he revealed an unique interest in painting from youth.
After finishing high school, he left Iran for the U.S.
to follow his research studies and by the suggestions of among his teachers, he began to study in Wyndham University in Vermont state.
In 1961 he was finished in the field of painting and sculpturing.While studying and living in New York, he was fascinated by the abstract expressionism motion and the works of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Mark Tobey.
However his favorite artist was Franz Kline.
Klines impact is clearly visible in different periods of Katouzians career.Katouzian was also active in the graphics and marketing fields.
Possibly his works could be considered as models of graphic style in Iran, in which a different atmosphere was created based on the aesthetics of painting.Katouzian went back to Iran in 1963 and was employed by the Ministry of Culture and Art.
In that ministry he became familiarized with Changiz Shahvaq and Naser Mofakham and with their support he established the Saba Gallery in 1964.
In 1965, he entered the architecture branch of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Tehran.Kamran Katouzian used to present himself, as an abstract painter.
In his precedents, he has actually recorded teaching Graphic at the Faculty of Decorative Arts (1969-1971) and Azad University (1990-92).
He was the winner of the 4th Tehran Biennale providing an abstract painting in the name of When My Fathers Father Was Young and an abstract statue of Iran in 1964.
He likewise took part in the Paris Biennale in 1965, the Venice Biennale in 1966, and the Washington International Art Festival in 1977.
His works are kept as part of the irreversible collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.SS/ SAB