1. Bahman Mohasses was the subject of the Mitra Farahani film documentary, Fifi Howls from Happiness.
10 Facts About Bahman Mohasses
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Bahman Mohasses was a cousin of the celebrated Iranian illustrator and cartoonist, Ardeshir Mohasses, residing in New York.
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Bahman Mohasses moved with his family from Rasht to Tehran, where he attended Tehran's Faculty of Fine Arts.
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Bahman Mohasses returned to Iran in 1964 and participated in Venice, Sao Paulo and Tehran Biennale.
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Bahman Mohasses translated books of a number of authors, including Eugene Ionesco, Malaparte and Pirandello.
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Bahman Mohasses stayed in Iran until 1968, before returning to Rome, where he received commissions for statutes to be placed in Tehran.
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Bahman Mohasses occasionally travelled to Iran and died in self-imposed seclusion in Rome in 2010.
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Bahman Mohasses died on July 28,2010, in Rome, Italy at the age of 79.
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Bahman Mohasses had served as a mentor to artist Parvaneh Etemadi.
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Bahman Mohasses said he was proud of his homosexuality and lived it fully.