Leyly Matine-Daftary | |
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Born | 1937 |
Died | April 17, 2007
Paris, France | (aged 69–70)
Alma mater | Cheltenham Ladies' College, Slade School of Fine Art |
Style | Modernist |
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Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007) was an Iranian modernist artist and art educator. She was based in both Tehran and Paris. [1] Matine-Daftary was best known for her flat paintings that highlighted simplicity but still expressed emotions. [2]
Leyly Matine-Daftary was born in 1937 in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran (now known as Iran). [3] Her father, Ahmad Matin-Daftari, was Prime Minister of Iran, [4] as was one of her grandfathers, Mohammad Mossadegh. After completing her elementary education in Tehran, she attended Cheltenham Ladies' College. She obtained a Fine Arts degree from the Slade School of Fine Art before returning to Tehran in the late 1950s. [1] [3]
From 1960 until 1956 she lectured on sculpture and sculpting at the Fine Arts Faculty of Tehran University. [3] [5] Matine-Daftary was involved in the early Tehran Biennial and in the Shiraz Arts Festival, for which she created iconic identifying materials. [4]
Matine-Daftary died in Paris on 17 April 2007. [6]
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