53 – Hossein Hamedani – Yatyeem Navazi (Orphan cuddling)

Price realized: 900 Million Rials (IRR)

Artist

Dimensions

175×126 cm

Name

Signed

Technique

Oil painting on canvas (Imaginary Painting Style known as coffee house painting)

Year of creation

1960s

Biography

Hossein Hamedani in 1926 A.H. He was born in Hamedan. He was one of the contemporary artists who painted in the Ghahveh Khaneh style under the supervision of Hossein Qullar Aqasi, and is considered as one of the most talented painters in Ghahveh Khaneh style, whose book “Naqqashe Qalandar ” has a collection of his works. Some of his brilliant themes are the Kybar War, the Chaldoran War, the Zuleyka banquet, and the Orphan cuddling of Mawla Ali. He died in 2005.