Aziz Art September 2018

Mohammad Ali Taraghijah
1943 – August 12, 2010 was an
Iranian painter, his work often
featured rural, Iranian, landscape
imagery.
Born 1943 in Tehran, Iran. He
graduated from the College of
Science & Technology with a
degree in Mechanical Engineering,
yet his heart was set on creating
art. He participated in the Iran
National Art Competition in 1968
and he won the
Golden Award that year.
In 1970 he returned to
Tehran and decided to take up
painting professionally.
In 1994, the Teheran Museum of
Contemporary Arts selected some
of his works for the museum
collection and printed a collection
of these works. In 1998, UNICEF
selected two of his paintings for
their Christmas cards.
His beautiful works have been
exhibited in Switzerland, Germany,
Italy, France, United States and
Japan. His paintings were selected
by the International Museum of
20th Century Arts (TIMOTCA) to
present Iran’s art.
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