List of Iranian painters

{{short description|None}} The following is a list of '''Iranian painters'''. {{Dynamic list}} {{TOC}}

==Classical era== ===Safavid era=== * Kamaleddin Behzad (1450–1535), head of the royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid and early Safavid eras * Heydar Ali ({{fl|16th century}}), painter at the court of Shah Tahmasp I * Sultan Mohammed (16th century), painter at the court of Shah Ismail I and Shah Tahmasp I * Abd al-Samad (16th century), painter at the Safavid and Mughal courts, a founder of the Mughal school of painting in India * Mirza Ali (c. 1509–1575), miniaturist at the Safavid and Mughal courts * Mir Musavvir (fl. 1510–48, died 1555), painter at the Safavid court in Tabriz and later the Mughal court in Kabul * Dust Muhammad (fl. 1510–1564), miniaturist painter, calligrapher, and art historian * Mir Sayyid Ali (1510–1572), miniaturist at the Safavid and Mughal courts * Aqa Mirak (1520–1576), Safavid court painter * Sadiqi Beg (c. 1533–1610), Safavid court painter * Farrukh Beg (ca. 1547–''post'' 1615), Safavid and Mughal court painter * Reza Abbasi (1565–1635) miniaturist of the Isfahan School * Muhammad Qasim (c. 1575–1659), Safavid miniaturist * Mohammad Zaman (1650 – c. 1700), Safavid painter of the Farangi-Sazi style * Aliquli Jabbadar (fl. 1666–1694), Safavid painter of the Farangi-Sazi style

===Afsharid, Zand, and Qajar eras=== * Mohammad Sadiq (18th century), Zand and Qajar court painter * 'Ali Ashraf (''fl'' ''c.'' 1735–1780) lacquer painter and miniaturist * Abu'l-Hasan Mostawfi Ghaffari (died 1797/98), painter and historian * Abdallah Khan (c. 1770–1850), court painter, muralist and architect of the Qajar court * Mirza Baba (fl. 1785 – c. 1830), Qajar court painter * Mihr 'Ali (<abbr>fl.</abbr> 1795–''post'' 1830), Qajar court painter * Heydar Ali ({{fl|19th century}}), lacquer painter * Abu'l-Hasan Sani al-Mulk (1814–1866), Chief court painter, miniaturist, lacquer painter, and book illustrator * Agha Najaf Ali (fl. 1815 – c. 1860), painter * Abu Torab Ghaffari (1863–1890), painter * Yahya Ghaffari (died 1894–1905), court artist of watercolour and oil paintings

==Modern era==

=== A === * Iman Afsarian (born 1974), realist painter * Shahla Aghapour, Iranian-born German painter, author and gallery director * Aydin Aghdashloo (1940– ), painter, graphic artist, art curator, writer, and film critic * Mehdi Ahmadi (1966–2026), painter * Samira Alikhanzadeh (1967– ), painter, mixed media artist * Bahram Alivandi (1928–2012), Iranian-born Austrian modernist painter * Massoud Arabshahi (1935–2019), painter, leading member of the Saqqakhaneh movement * Kamrooz Aram (1978– ), contemporary painter, installation artist, collagist * Mir Hossein Arjangi (1881–1963), painter * Abbas Rassam Arjangi (1892–1975), painter * Siah Armajani (1939–2020), conceptual artist

=== B === * Jamal Bakhshpour (1944–2015), contemporary painter * Mohammad Ali Baniasadi (1955– ), painter, illustrator, cartoonist and sculptor, known for illustrating children's books * Hossein Behzad (1894–1968), painter * Dariush Borbor (1934– ), Iranian-French architect, painter, urban planner, designer, sculptor, and writer

=== D === * Delara Darabi (1986–2009), executed for suspected murder, painter and poet * Iran Darroudi (1936–2021), modernist painter * Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi (1930–2012), painter, gallerist, and an innovator of Iranian modern art * Ali Divandari (1957– ), painter * Bijan Daneshmand (1958– ), Iranian-born English actor, painter

=== E === * Ahmad Esfandiari (1922–2012), modernist painter * Abolhassan Etessami (1903–1978), architect, calligrapher, painter, and novelist * Zohreh Etezad Saltaneh (1962– ), artist, painter, carpet weaver

=== F === * Amir H. Fallah (1979– ), Iranian-born American painter, based in Los Angeles * Roya Farassat (born 1964), painter, sculptor, based in New York City *Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019), painter, sculptor; known for her cut mirror mosaic work (Ayeneh-kari) * Mahmoud Farshchian (1930–2025), master of Persian miniature painting, educator

=== G === * Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928–2005), self-taught folk painter from northern Mazandaran Province * Mansoor Ghandriz (1936–1966), modernist painter * Marcos Grigorian (1925–2007), Iranian-Armenian and American painter, gallerist, a pioneer of Iranian modern art

=== H === * Raoof Haghighi (1976– ), Iranian-born British painter, known for portraiture and realism * Fariba Hajamadi (1957– ), Iranian-born American painter, photographer, installation artist * Khosrow Hassanzadeh (1963–2023), painter, printmaker and installation artist * Haydar Hatemi (1945– ), painter, sculptor * Mansooreh Hosseini (1926–2012), contemporary painter

=== J === * Pouran Jinchi (1959– ), Iranian-born American painter, sculptor, calligrapher

=== K === * Abbas Katouzian (1923–2008), painter * Kamal-ol-Molk (1848–1940), painter, and member of the Ghaffari family in Kashan * Keikhosro Khoroush (1941– ), painter and calligrapher * Zhaleh Kazemi (1944–2005), painter, news anchor, and producer * Shokufeh Kavani (1970– ), Iranian-born Australian contemporary painter, nurse * Reza Khodadadi (1961– ), contemporary artist, academic, painter, sculptor, and muralist

=== L === * Farideh Lashai (1944– 2013), painter

=== M === * Iman Maleki (1976– ), painter of realism * Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007), modernist painter, educator<ref>{{cite web|title=Leyly Matine - Daftary|url=http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Leyly_Matine_Daftary/11162284/Leyly_Matine_Daftary.aspx|website=AskArt|accessdate=2016-03-24}}</ref>

* Sirak Melkonian (1930–2024), modernist painter

* Farshid Mesghali (1943–), graphic designer, illustrator, and author * Mohammad Modabber (1890–1966), painter * Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam (1924–2018), painter and professor of art * Farhad Moshiri (1963–2024), pop art painter * Noreen Motamed (1967–), Iranian-born American painter * Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1941– ), painter, architect and politician

=== N === * Naderi Yeganeh, Hamid (1990– ), Iranian mathematical artist<ref>{{cite news|last1=Chung|first1=Stephy|title=Math whiz uses formulas to create fantastical works of art|url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/math-art/index.html|work=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Creator of art paintings with mathematical equations |newspaper=IRNA |date=October 2015 |url=http://www.irna.ir/fa/News/81775157 }}</ref> * Afshin Naghouni (1969– ), Iranian-British visual artist * Shirin Neshat (1957– ), Iranian-American artist, photographer and filmmaker * Nodjoumi, Nicky (1942– ), Iranian-American painter * Nouri, Mina (1951– ), Iranian painter, and printmaker * Novin, Guity (1944– ), Iranian-Canadian figurative painter, and graphic designer * Nuri, Hossein (1954– ), Iranian painter, dramaturge, and filmmaker

=== O === * Kazem Ordoobadi (1919–2002), painter * Nasser Ovissi (born 1934), Iranian-born American painter

=== P ===

* Kour Pour (1987– ), Iranian-British painter, printmaker

=== R === * Shokouh Riazi (1921–1965), modernist painter

=== S === * Gholamhossein Saber (born 1941), painter and photographer * Ali Akbar Sadeghi (1937– ), painter * Farhad Sadeghi Amini (1963– ), painter * Behjat Sadr (1924–2009), modernist art painter * Salimi, Homayoun (1948– ), painter and academic * Sohrab Sepehri (1928–1980), poet and painter * Tony Shafrazi (1943–), Iranian-born American contemporary art dealer, gallerist, and artist * Naz Shahrokh (born 1969), conceptual artist * Keyvan Shovir (born 1985), Iranian-born American graffiti artist

=== T === * Amir Shayesteh Tabar (1967– ), painter and poet * Towhidi Tabari (1964– ), painter and Persian style illuminator * Jazeh Tabatabai (1931–2008), avant-garde painter, poet, and sculptor * Sadegh Tabrizi (1938–2017), Iranian modern painter, calligrapher * Hossein Taherzadeh Behzad (1889–1962), miniaturist, calligrapher, and carpet designer * Taravat Talepasand (1979– ), American painter, sculptor of Iranian descent * Mohammad Ali Taraghijah (1943–2010), painter of rural landscapes * Parviz Tanavoli (1937–), sculptor, art historian, author

=== V === * Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam (1924–2018), painter and professor

=== Z === * Hossein Zenderoudi (1937– ), modernist painter and sculptor * Jalil Ziapour (1920–1999), painter, academician, researcher, and writer

== Notes == {{Commons category|Painters from Iran}} {{reflist}}

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