The following is a list of Iranian painters.
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Classical era
- Reza Abbasi (1565–1635)
- Mihr 'Ali (fl. 1795– post 1830)
- Kamaleddin Behzad (1450–1535)
- Farrukh Beg (ca. 1547)
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
- 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
- Siah Armajani (1939–2020) conceptual artist
B
- Jamal Bakhshpour (1944–2015) contemporary painter
- Mohammad Ali Baniasadi (born 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
- 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
- Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019) painter, sculptor; known for her cut mirror mosaic work (Āina-kāri)
- Mahmoud Farshchian (1930– ) 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 part 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– ) painter
M
- Iman Maleki (1976– ), painter of realism
- Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007), modernist painter, educator
- 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
- 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
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
- Samad, Khwaja Abdus (16th century) painter and one of the founders of the Mughal school of painting in India
- 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
- Taravat Talepasand (1979– ), Iranian American painter, sculptor
- 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
See also
Notes
- "Leyly Matine - Daftary". AskArt. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- Chung, Stephy. "Math whiz uses formulas to create fantastical works of art". CNN.
- "Creator of art paintings with mathematical equations". IRNA. October 2015.