Mir Hossein Arjangi

Mir Hossein Arjangi (also spelled Arzhangi; ; 1881–1963) was an Iranian painter. A native of Tabriz, he was the son of Agha Ebrahim, a court painter under Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar , and had a younger brother named Abbas Rassam Arjangi. "Arjangi" was a surname the two brothers later adopted, based on the Arzhang, the illustrated book of Mani, the 3rd-century founder of Manichaeism, whom they considered the legendary founder of Iranian painting. In 1903, Mir Hossein and Abbas Rassam relocated to the Russian Empire, staying in the city of Tiflis. After 1908, the two brothers moved to Moscow, but had moved back to Iran by 1914 due to World War I. Returning to Tabriz, Mir Hossein opened a painting school there. Although not much is known about the school, it might have taught the same Russian painting styles that was used in Tiflis and Moscow.

Possibly due to their political views, Mir Hossein and Abbas Rassam have not been given much credit for their contributions to the history of modern Iranian art.

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