Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi

Abdolrez Daryabeigi (, January 30, 1930 – November 1, 2012), was an Iranian artist, gallerist, and an innovator of Iranian modern art.

He was active in Tehran and Paris.

Daryabeigi was born in Rasht in northern Iran in 1930.

He studied and attained bachelor's degrees in both World History and Geography from University of Tehran.

After receiving his degrees he studied the composition and techniques of art at the studios of both Marcos Grigorian and Ali Azargin.

Born 1930, in Racht.

Painter.

He first exhibited his work in 1960, and receiving a special mention in a 1968 exhibition organised by UNESCO.

Years later he took a further degree, in lithography, at the University of Salzburg in Austria.

After studying at Teheran University, Daryabegui showed work in Iran from 1960, and later took part in a UNESCO-organised exhibition in 1968, receiving a special mention.

In 1962, Daryabeigi opened his first gallery, in Tehran.

He named the gallery MESS, the Persian word for copper.

This was one of the first independent art galleries in Iran to deal specifically with visual and graphic art.

Alongside his own work, which was kept on permanent display, Daryabeigi regularly presented the work of other Iranian painters from a variety of different artistic backgrounds.

By introducing these artists to the public, the MESS Gallery, under Mr. Daryabeigi's leadership, was considered as representing the country's contemporary art at the time, and encouraged the next generation of abstract Iranian painters.

The bare canvases he exhibited in the Salon d'Automne in Paris in 1973 show the vast spaces of his native Iran, and the beauty of the infinite landscapes.

In 1973 he participated in the Salon d’Automne in Paris.

His bare canvases, reminiscent of the world of Tanguy, display the immensity of his native country.

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Artiste nogentais, Mir Daryabigi a exposé ses œuvres peintes à la Maison nationale des artistes du 3 au 25 Février.

Ses paysages au couleurs froides at douces, à la limite d l'abstrait, se mariaient parfaitement avec la quiétude des lieux" Translation: "Nogent-sur-Marne artist Mir Daryabigi has exhibited his paintings in the maison Nationale from 3 to 25 February.

His landscapes in cold pale colors, at the limit of the abstract, marry perfectly with the tranquility of places" Calameo1

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La Maison des Artistes pursuit son cycle d'exposition avec la présentation des œuvres peintes de Mir Daryabigi, artiste nogentais, du vendredi au samedi 25 février.

Le vernissage de l'exposition ouvert à tous se déroulera le jeudi 2 février à partir de 19 h Translation: The Maison des Artistes continues its exhibition cycle with the presentation of painted works by Mir Daryabigi, Nogent-sur-Marne artist, from Friday to Saturday, February 25.

The exhibition will be opened to the public on Thursday, February 2 from 19 pm Calameo2

In 1975, Daryabeigi joined a group of artists who called themselves "The group of independent artists".

The group developed the foundation that would define techniques and styles to be practiced in Iranian art for future generations to come.

The group consisted of Marcos Grigorian, Morteza Momayez, Ḡolām-Ḥosayn Nāmi, Massoud Arabshahi, Faramarz Pilaram, and Sirāk Malkoniān.

The group held several significant exhibitions for the next four years, including Ābi (Blue) and Gonj o gostareh (Volume and environment).

In 1979, Daryabeigi moved to Paris, then in 1986, moved to Nogent-sur-Marne on the outskirts of Paris.

He opened his first gallery in France in Nogent-sur-Marne in 1986.