Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was an Iranian artist and a collector of traditional folk art.
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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was an Iranian artist and a collector of traditional folk art. She is noted for having been one of the most prominent Iranian artists of the contemporary period, and she was the first artist to achieve an artistic practice that weds the geometric patterns and cut-glass mosaic techniques (Āina-kāri) of her Iranian heritage with the rhythms of modern Western geometric abstraction.
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Artists
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Artist
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deceased
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Lived 1924 to 2019 · aged 95
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