Nasrollah Afjei

Nasrollah Afjei

Nasrollah Afjei is one of the leading calligraphers. He was interested in calligraphy, painting and music from childhood and showed his talent in his childhood. He started his career at the age of 15 in an atelier and after a year launched his own one with one of his friends. After graduating from school, Afjei went to the "Miniature Advertising Center". He refers to the center, which belonged to Rassam Arabzadeh, as an art academy. He got the opportunity to accompany and learn calligraphy from masters such as Kimia Ghalam Zanjani and Ali Akbar Kaveh there. After the end of his military service in 1957, together with his friends Ali Akbar Sadeghi, Ali Reza and Mahmoud Basiri, he set up "Atelier Seven" on Baharestan Street. This studio became the focal point for him and his friends' ongoing activities. Great artists such as Morteza Momayez, Parviz Kalantari and Abbas Kiarostami came to this studio. The first overseas appearance of his works took place in 1974 at the International Painting Exhibition in Switzerland. His calligraphic paintings have been exhibited in various countries such as France, England, America and Germany in recent years. In 1993, Afjei received the first-class artistic award from the Ministry of Guidance and Islamic Culture. He has also been active in art education for many years; Teaching at the University of Tehran, Al-Zahra University, Soureh University, etc. are some of his educational activities. Afjei used calligraphy in the form of modern painting in experimental works in the period of 60s to 70s under the influence of traditionalist art movements, specifically the Sagha Khaneh movement and exhibited the resulting artworks in an exhibition called “calligraphic painting” at the Seyhoun Gallery. "Calligraphic painting" was an innovative title by Afjei which later applied to works that combined painting and calligraphy. In addition to exploiting the potential of calligraphy, Afjei has used some features of the Iranian-Islamic tradition of calligraphy and page layout in combining and arranging the elements of his calligraphic paintings. Ruyin Pakbaz writes about him: "Afjei's expertise in various methods of traditional calligraphy has diversified his calligraphic paintings. In the 1970s, he created Op Art-inspired works using Kufic-Bannai script, or exploited Thuluth script features in deliberate compositions. "Since the early 1970s, he has developed a more personalized style based on the Siyah mashq tradition, creating extensive combinations with hidden Nasta'liq intertwined letters." Nasrollah Afjei's first appearance in the auctions dates back to June 2008 at the Christie's Auction House. Until 2021, his works have been in 73 domestic and foreign auctions, and 77% of his works have been sold in international auctions. His most expensive work until 2021 was hammered at the auction house of the Moroccan Art Company for $ 255,000 on December 21, 2008.

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2022

The 15th Tehran auction 14 January

2021

MIDDLE EAST MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART 'NORTH AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST & INDIA auction

International Art auction

Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern and North African Art auction

POST WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART auction

The 13th Tehran auction

2020

پنجمین دوره حراج تهران auction

Middle Eastern, Modern and Contemporary Art auction 11 November

Selected Artworks - Online Viewing Nasrollah Afjei exhibition 27 April

دوازدهمین دوره حراج تهران auction 17 January

2019

Middle Eastern, Modern and Contemporary Art auction 23 October

یازدهمین دوره حراج تهران auction 5 July

دهمین دوره حراج تهران auction 11 January

2018

Middle Eastern, Modern and Contemporary Art auction 24 October

نهمین دوره حراج تهران auction 29 June

Modern and Contemporary Art of the Middle East auction 14 April

Dubai: Post War and Contemporary Art auction 22 March

2017

Middle Eastern, Modern and Contemporary Art auction 25 October

هفتمین دوره حراج تهران auction 7 July

Drouot Richelieu, Salle 5, Art Abstrait et Contemporain* auction 9 June

Modern & Contemporary Art auction 18 March

2016

Modern & Contemporary Art auction 18 October

2015

Modern & Contemporary Art auction 20 October

چهارمین دوره حراج تهران auction 29 May

A Century of Iraqi Art and Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art auction 20 April

2014

Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art auction 21 October

Contemporary Art / Doha auction 13 October

Islamic and Indian Art auction 7 October

سومین دوره حراج تهران auction 30 May

Islamic and Indian Art auction 8 April

Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian & Turkish Art Including Masterpieces from The Pharos Art Collection & From The Maath Alousi Collection auction 19 March

2013

دومین دوره حراج تهران auction 28 May

Contemporary Art/Doha auction 22 April

Modern and Contemporary Arab,Iranian and Turkish Art Part II auction 17 April

2012

Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian And Turkish Art Part I auction 23 October

International Modern and Contemporary Art Auction auction 22 October

اولین دوره حراج تهران auction 22 May

Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part I auction 17 April

2011

Visions d'Orient - De l'orientalisme à l'art contemporain auction 4 November

Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II auction 26 October

Contemporary Art / Arab & Iranian auction 4 October

Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art auction 19 April

Nasrollah Afjei solo exhibition exhibition 21 March

VENTE DE FEVRIER auction 12 February

2010

Hurouf: The Art of the Word auction 16 December

Design, Art Contemporain, Photographie Contemporaine, Art Iranien auction 25 November

Tableaux Orientalistes et Art Moderne Arabe et Iranien auction 9 November

Contemporary Art / Arab & Iranian auction 20 October

Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern & South Asian Art auction 11 October

Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern & South Asian Art auction 2 June

International Modern & Contemporary Art, Including Masterpieces from The Collection of Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi auction 27 April

2009

International Modern & Contemporary Art auction 27 October

Art Moderne et Contemporain Iranien et Arabe auction 24 October

Contemporary Art Including Arab & Iranian Art auction 16 October

Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern & South Asian Art auction 12 October

Tableaux Orientalistes et Art Moderne Arabe et Iranien auction 16 June

Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern & South Asian Art auction 3 June

International Modern & Contemporary Art auction 29 April

Contemporary Art auction 18 March

2008

INTERNATIONAL ART ORIENTALIST PAINTING auction 20 December

INTERNATIONAL ART ORIENTALIST PAINTING auction 20 December

Tableaux Orientalistes et Art Moderne Arabe et Iranien auction 17 December

Modern & Contemporary Arab, Iranian, Indian & Pakistani Art auction 24 November

Modern and Contemporary Arab and Iranian Art auction 23 October

Tableaux Orientalistes et Art Moderne Arabe et Iranien auction 3 June