Sadegh Tabrizi

Sadegh Tabrizi (; 3 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Iranian painter, calligrapher, and designer. He is one of the pioneers of Iranian modern art, and is associated with the Saqqakhaneh movement.

Early life and education

Sadegh Tabrizi was born in 1938, in Tehran.

Career In 1962, he was part of a group exhibition Fourteen Contemporary Iranians at the Ben and Abby Grey Foundation in Minnesota, curated by Parviz Tanavoli.

Tabrizi played a pivotal role in the establishing the Iran Gallery , founded in 1964 by Tabrizi, Ruyin Pakbaz, Faramarz Pilaram, Mansoor Ghandriz, Mohammad-Reza Jodat, Ghobad Shiva, Massoud Arabshahi, Sirus Malek, Farshid Mesghali, Parviz Mahallati, Morteza Momayez, and Hadi Hezareiy. After the death of artist Mansoor Ghandriz in 1966, the Iran Gallery was renamed Ghandriz Gallery in his honor; and it remained open until the summer of 1978 during the Iranian Revolution.

Tabrizi is thought to have been the first Iranian artist to work with traditional calligraphy combined with modern art elements.

He moved to London due for medical reasons for a few months, and died of an illness related to liver cancer on 4 December 2017, in London.