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In 1928 Kamal-al-Molk was exiled<br />
to Hosseinabad of Nishapur, which<br />
was deeply distressing to Sadighi;<br />
consequently, with a tiny amount of<br />
money that he had saved<br />
throughout the years, he left Iran<br />
for Europe. In Europe he visited<br />
many countries, and for four years<br />
he studied sculpture at the École<br />
des Beaux-<strong>Art</strong>s in France. His<br />
teacher was Ange Albert, the<br />
skillful master of sculpture at the<br />
École.<br />
In Beaux-<strong>Art</strong>s he managed to prove<br />
himself more talented in<br />
competition with other art students<br />
at the École. During his stay in<br />
Europe, he created, in addition to<br />
sculptures, some works in oil and<br />
watercolour which showed the<br />
influence he received from the new<br />
European art movements of the<br />
time.<br />
In 1932, after returning to Iran, he<br />
accepted a request from his the<br />
exiled Kamal-al-Molk to re-open<br />
the School of Delicate Crafts and be<br />
its director. Once again, the school<br />
became a center of visual art,<br />
which played a major role in the<br />
development of sculpture in<br />
modern Iran.
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