# Javad Hamidi

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**Javad Hamidi** (1918 – 2002)[1] was an Iranian [Modernist](/source/Modernism) painter, poet, and educator. He was a pioneer of modern art in Iran.[2]

## Biography

Javad Hamidi was born in 1918 in [Hamadan](/source/Hamadan), [Qajar Iran](/source/Qajar_Iran). Hamidi studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Tehran University (now [University of Tehran](/source/University_of_Tehran)), and graduated in 1946; and at [Beaux-Arts de Paris](/source/Beaux-Arts_de_Paris).[3][4] His classmate was [Shokouh Riazi](/source/Shokouh_Riazi), who studied alongside him in both Tehran and in Paris.[3] He continued his studies under French painter [André Lhote](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Lhote).[3]

Hamidi had been a founding member of the "[Fighting Cock Society](/source/Fighting_Cock_Society)" (Khorūs-e Jangi), an artists' group in Iran dedicated to the modern art movement and surrealism.[5] Hamidi taught painting at [Tehran University](/source/Tehran_University) for almost 40 years, as well as at Al-Zahra, Azad and [Tarbiat-Modares](/source/Tarbiat_Modares_University) Universities.

In 2002, he was killed by a speeding motorcyclist in [Tehran](/source/Tehran).

## References

1. Daftari, Fereshteh & Diba, Layla S. (2013). [*Iran Modern*](https://books.google.com/books?id=uliRyTByca4C). Asia Society. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-300-19736-5.

1. Ayatollahi, Habibollah & Allāhī, Ḥabīb Allāh Āyat (2003). [*The Book of Iran: The History of Iranian Art*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Al0jpyRDGe8C). Alhoda UK. p. 309. ISBN 978-964-94491-4-2.

1. Frigeri, Flavia & Handberg, Kristian (2021-03-24). [*New Histories of Art in the Global Postwar Era: Multiple Modernisms*](https://books.google.com/books?id=zeEaEAAAQBAJ). Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-64058-2.

1. Rahnavard, Zahra (2002). [*Contemporary Iraninan \[i.e. Iranian\] Art & the Islamic World*](https://books.google.com/books?id=uHRQAAAAMAAJ). Al-Zahra University. p. 31.

1. Dani, Ahmad Hasan; Adle, Chahryar; Palat, Madhavan K.; Tabyshalieva, Anara (1992). [*History of Civilizations of Central Asia*](https://books.google.com/books?id=68QuAQAAIAAJ). Unesco. p. 762. ISBN 978-92-3-103985-0.

## External links

- [Artfacts](http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/32211/name/Javad-Hamidi)
- [Caroun](http://www.caroun.com/Painting/IranPainting/JavadHamidi/JavadHamidi.html)
- [Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts](http://www.ir-tmca.com/Exhibition/previous.htm) [Archived](https://archive.today/20031226095908/http://www.ir-tmca.com/Exhibition/previous.htm) 2003-12-26 at archive.today

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