The collection of 70 portraits will go on display during an exhibition at the Iran Art Gallery in Paris in September 2010, Taheri said.
Tehari, who is also the director advisor of the Visual Office of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, said that Iran’s cultural attaché office in France invited him to display his work.
The collection contains portraits of martyrs and commanders from the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) as well as political and cultural figures which he painted from 1981 to 88, he mentioned.
“I portrayed these figures so as to record them as celebrated personalities from my country. Some of these portraits are preserved in Tehran’s Martyrs’ Museum. I was inspired by other artists who have painted portraits of important figures throughout history,” he said.
source : abna.ir
