Artists to honor painter Parviz Kalantari at Tehran gallery

A number of contemporary artists will gather on Friday at Ashian-e Naqsh-o-Mehr Gallery to commemorate their friend, painter and children’s book illustrator, Parviz Kalantari, known for his works on Iranian desert villages.

 

“Parviz Kalantari has been a friend of mine for 60 years, and I have a lot of good memories about him. I believe kindness and friendship is a power that impresses everybody, even my friend who is not in the best of health,” Hossein Mahjubi, the owner of the gallery said in a press release on Saturday.

 

Kalantari suffered a stroke last December and has been ill at home ever since.

 

“This ceremony is a good reason to bring old friends together and talk about their friend Parviz,” he said.

 

Writer and researcher Hadi Seif is scheduled to talk about art and character of Kalantari, Mahjubi said.

 

He added that the artist friends will also display a collection of their works in an exhibition opening the same day in the gallery. Mohammad Ehsaii, Ali-Akbar Sadeqi, Nasrollah Afjeii, Gizella Sinaii and Taha Behbahani are among the artists whose works will go on show in the exhibit.

 

Kalantari’s family is also scheduled to lend some of his works for the exhibit.

 

Kalantari, 83, has illustrated 26 children’s books. His works also had been published in textbooks for primary schools in the 1970s.

 

The exhibition will run until April 20 at the gallery located at No. 4, Gol-Mohammadi close to 18th St. off Bokharest St.

 

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