Abolhassan Etessami
Abolhassan Etessami (* 1903 ; † 1978 ) was an Iranian architect, calligrapher, painter and writer. His father Ebrahim Etessami worked as the head of finance in the Iranian province of Azerbaijan , his brother Yussef Etessami founded the magazine Bahar and is the father of the poet Parvin Etessami .
Etessami received his education in Tehran at the Aghdasieh School , the American School and the Kamal-ol-Molk University of the Arts . He then spent a few years in Isfahan to study architecture and ornamentation techniques. Abolhassan later taught Etessami at the University of Tehran .
He was engaged in a number of architectural projects. He made detailed maquettes himself. At the request of the Iranian Ministry of Fine Arts , the maquettes were sent to Brussels for the 1958 World's Fair . Abolhassan Etessami received the gold medal in the 'Solo Exhibition' category. The maquettes were later bought by the Iranian National Museum . They are part of the permanent collection of the Department of Islamic Art.
In addition to the architectural projects , Abolhassan Etessami left a number of oil paintings on canvas, including Some Ruins in Dowlat-Abad , A Village House in Niavaran , and Pasteur's Intercession for Napoleon, as well as some novels such as The Alone Man and The Malevolent Mohil-o-doleh .
gallery
Some ruins in Dowlat-Abad , circa 1925
A village house in Niavaran , circa 1930
literature
- Dehchoda, Ali-Akbar . 1977. Biographical note. In Poems of Parvin Etessami , ed. Abolfath Etessami, p. 342. Tehran: Abulfath Etessami.
- Etessami, Abolhassan. 1958. Biographical note. Tehran University News Bulletin 374, pp. 34-7.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Etessami, Abolhassan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian architect, calligrapher, painter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1903 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1978 |