Javad Hamidi (1918 – 2002)[1] was an Iranian Modernist painter, poet, and educator. He was a pioneer in modern art in Iran.[2]
Javad Hamidi
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Hamidi's solo exhibition in Paris (1934)
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| Born | 1918
Hamadan, Qajar Iran
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| Died | 2002 (aged 83–84)
Tehran, Iran
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| Education | Beaux-Arts de Paris |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Occupation(s) | Visual artist, educator |
| Movement | Modernism |
Javad Hamidi was born in 1918 in Hamadan, Qajar Iran. Hamidi studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University (now University of Tehran), and graduated in 1946; and at Beaux-Arts de Paris.[3][4] His classmate was Shokouh Riazi, who studied alongside him in both Tehran and in Paris.[3] He continued his studies under French painter André Lhote.[3]
Hamidi had been a founding member of the "Fighting Cock Society" (Khorūs-e Jangi), an artists group in Iran dedicated to the modern art movement and surrealism.[5] Hamidi taught painting in Tehran University for almost 40 years, as well as taught at Al-Zahra, Azad and Tarbiat-Modares Universities.
He was killed by a speeding motorcyclist in Tehran in 2002.
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