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Ali Akbar San’ati was a painter and sculptor born in 1916 (1295 SH) in Kerman, Iran. After the death of his father during childhood, he was placed in the San’ati Orphanage in Kerman. His artistic talent was discovered early on by Haj Ali Akbar San’ati, the director of the orphanage. Under his guidance, San’ati enrolled in the School of Fine Arts (Madraseh-ye Sanaye'-e Mostazrafeh) in 1928 (1307 SH), where he studied painting and sculpture, graduating in 1940 (1319 SH). He learned watercolor painting from the German artist Albert Hohmann, the technique of pictorial mosaic from Ali Rokhsaz, and sculpture from Abolhassan Sedighi. One of his notable works is the statue Angel of Justice, placed at the entrance of the Palace of Justice in Tehran. San’ati possessed exceptional skill in painting, especially in watercolor, for which he gained particular fame. With a deep social awareness, he created numerous works focusing on the lives and struggles of the working class, producing paintings and sculptures that reflected their reality. He also left behind a distinct and lasting body of work in watercolor portraiture. Ali Akbar San’ati passed away in Tehran in 2006 (1385 SH).
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Born: 1916, Kerman
Education:
1939 Graduated in Painting and Sculpture from Sanaye Mostazrafeh School
Career Highlights:
1941–1945 Established the first Museum of Anthropology
Died: 2006
Solo Exhibitions (Posthumous):
- Various solo exhibitions held after his death
Group Exhibitions (Posthumous):
2011–2014 Group exhibition “Landscape”, Hoor Gallery, Tehran
2016 Group exhibition Summer Art, Sohrab Gallery, Tehran
Group exhibition “Works by Pioneers of Iranian Art”, Did Gallery, Tehran
2017 Group exhibition “I Will Greet the Sun Again”, Sohrab Gallery, Tehran
Group exhibition “Shokouh Art”, Shokouh Gallery, Tehran
2018 Group exhibition “Avant-Garde Artists from Yesterday to Today”, Sohrab Gallery, Tehran
Group exhibition “Avant-Garde Artists from Yesterday to Today”, Sohrab Gallery, Tehran
Group exhibition “Shokouh Art 2”, Shokouh Gallery, Tehran
2020 Group exhibition “Perspective”, Javid Gallery, Tehran
Group exhibition “One by One”, Tarahan-e Azad Gallery, Tehran
Group exhibition “Birds”, Soo Gallery, Tehran
2021 Solo exhibition “Those Trees, Those People”, Artibition Gallery, Tehran
Solo exhibition “From Museum to Museum, from Kerman to Tehran”, Negah Gallery, Tehran
Group exhibition “From Object to Figure”, Mojdeh Gallery, Tehran
Group exhibition “Pioneers of Art”, Negah Gallery, Tehran
Group exhibition “Archive 2”, Artibition Gallery, Tehran
2022 Group exhibition “Imagine”, Iranian Artists’ House, Tehran
Group exhibition “Resize”, Artibition Gallery, Tehran
2023 Group exhibition “Resize”, Artibition Gallery, Tehran
Group exhibition “Head to Head”, Fuse Gallery, Kashan
2024 Group exhibition “Selected Works Under Two Hundred Million Tomans”, Sohrab Gallery, Tehran
