Hossein Behzad

Hossein Behzad
حسین بهزاد
Behzad in 1958
Born1894
Shiraz, Qajar Iran
Died13 October 1968(1968-10-13) (aged 73–74)
Pahlavi Iran
Known forPainter

Hossein Behzad (1894 – 13 October 1968; Persian: حسین بهزاد) was a prominent Iranian painter. His early work was in the styles of the old masters of Persian painting of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, hoping to save Persian miniature painting from oblivion.

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