Shokouh Riazi was an Iranian Modernist painter and educator.
11 Facts About Shokouh Riazi
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Shokouh Riazi was a pioneer of modern art in Iran and is thought to have been the first Iranian woman to study art in Paris.
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Shokouh Riazi was born in 1921 in Tehran, Qajar Iran, into a prosperous family.
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Shokouh Riazi's mother was Betul Dowlatshahi of the aristocratic Dowlatshahi family, and was the daughter of Qajar prince and Islamic philosopher Badi al-Mulk Mirza Imad al-Dawla.
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Shokouh Riazi's father was Ali Riazi, a politician who served as an Iranian military attache in France.
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Shokouh Riazi was fluent in French and served as a translator between French and Persian.
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Shokouh Riazi initially entered university studying medicine at Tehran University, but never completed it.
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Shokouh Riazi's classmate was Iranian artist Javad Hamidi, in both Tehran and Paris.
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Shokouh Riazi continued her studies in painting under Andre Lhote in Paris.
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Shokouh Riazi was influenced by the work of Amedeo Modigliani and his elongated female portraits.
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Shokouh Riazi taught portraiture classes in the College of Decorative Arts at Tehran University.