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This is the official website of Faramarz Mehrak, the famous iranian painter and artist. The paintings in this website are just a few of his aboundant works and numerous of his paintings are dedicated to his fans.

About Faramarz: An Iranian Artist

Faramarz Mehrak was born in 1947 and was educated in Tehran, and studied architecture at the university of Louisiana in the US. His interest in painting, sculpture and pottery led to his completing courses in these fields alongside his main course of study from which he graduated in 1976. For his graduation project he designed a hotel for Dizin where he combined the requirements for a cold climate with elements of Iranian traditional culture. His project won a recommendation from his university. It was during this period in his life that Faramarz became familiar with the life and culture of Native Americans in the US through a Native American friend. He returned to Iran in 1977 and began his work as a professional architect. He spent some time in Spain where he completed many projects, but again returned to Iran where he worked on domestic and commercial architecture as well Interior design. Between 1983 and 1985 he was forced to cut down on his professional activities due to poor health. This period led to his pursuing his other artistic talents and interests which included painting, Native American handicrafts and bas-relief He exhibited his work on a number of occasions. These included hand made items inspired by Native American culture crafted from leather, beads and feathers; each piece designating a certain aspect of the tribal life of Native Americans. He has many paintings of Native American life as well as Spanish scenes and also bas-relief pieces in the Persian, Egyptian and Greek styles. Faramarz Mehrak died in 2006 but leaves behind an impressive body of work which is a testament to his many artistic talents.

All these paintings are drawn using pastel and colored pencils. Paintings in the first page are for the period of time in which the painter lived with the American Indians and the second page contains paintings which were drawn during his stay in Spain.

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Gratitude

Special thanks to these people who have help us to make this website:

• Director: Maryam Anvari
• Translator: Haleh Anvari
• Biography: Banafsheh Shahbaazi
• Photographer: Babak & Mani Zirak
• Munition: Behnam & Leila Jaberi
• Website Design: Aria Barfar
• Thanks to Ehsan Mohammadi and Effat Jafar Babaei.
• This website is the result of Mrs. Abtahi's efforts to demonstrate her husband's art.

Contact

You can find more information about Faramarz's works by sending email to: info@mehrak.com or contact Mrs. Abtahi: +98-21-88968057 , +98-935-8898786.