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.

Biography
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.

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.

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 continued to live and create art in France until his death in 2012. Daryabiegi had many solo exhibitions, and also exhibited his art at celebrated and respected international galleries

Artistic style
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 2012 he exhibited in the Maison Nationale almost abstract cold, pale landscapes.

Galleries
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.

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

External links displaying Daryabeigi's art

 * The Iranian: Kavir
 * The Iranian: Desert
 * Tehran Auction: (untitled)
 * Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art The Iranian: Desert

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United States

 * Los Angeles Art Gallery, Los Angeles          				1988
 * Washington D.C. International Art Fair, Washington D.C.             	  		1977
 * The Center for Iranian Studies, Colombia University, New York City 1968
 * Ishtar Gallery, Los Angeles						1966

France

 * Open Doors, Nogent-sur-Marne							       1990/2012
 * Cultural Center Cagnes Sur Mer, 1991
 * Salon 89 French Artist Society, Paris                             			1989
 * Autumn Salon Grand Palais, Paris                                 			1986
 * 5th International Artistic Exhibition of Haute Loire, Haute Loire 			1982
 * Gallery Guilot, Paris                                                         		1973
 * National Foundation for Graphic Arts and Plastic Arts, Paris 			 	2004

Austria

 * Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Art, Salzburg 	 	       1975

China

 * Iranian Art in Beijing, Beijing      				  			1978

Italy

 * (Graphic Arts), Florence, Tuscany                   		  			1968

Monaco

 * 8th Grand Prix International Art, Monte Carlo   		  			1974

Poland

 * (Engravings), Kraków, Malopolskie							1966

Switzerland

 * Basel International Art Fair, Basel         					1976–1978

United Kingdom

 * Contemporary Iranian Art, London							2001

Iran

 * Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, Tehran			         	        1987
 * MESS Gallery, Tehran						       	        1962–1977
 * Cultural Center of Niavaran, Tehran					       	1983
 * Saman Gallery, Tehran					       			1978
 * "Blue Works", Independent Artists Group, Exhibition Hall, Tehran 1974
 * "Volume and Environment", Iran-America Society, Tehran			               1975
 * Tehran Art Gallery, Tehran				 	        	        1972/1973
 * Tehran Gallery of Modern Art, Tehran 1963/1972
 * Shiraz University (formerly Pahlavi University), Shiraz, Fars				1971
 * Ministry of Culture, Tehran

Potential referenced material used: Iranian, 20th century, male. Born 1930, in Racht. Painter. 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 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. DoA

Potential referenced materialused: 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

Potential referenced material, nothing useful not in above: 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