The prominent Iranian painter and sculptor Master
Abolhassan Khan Sadighi was born in the Odlaydjan area of Tehran
in 1894. At the age of seven he went to the Aghdassieh school
which was established by Sa'id al-Olamai Laridjani, one of the
founders of the modern schools in Iran. Influenced by his
family's encouragement, he entered the Alliance school after finishing
his primary education. There, while learning various subjects,
he instinctly was attracted to painting and drawing without any
teacher or guidance. Though still unskilled and without experience,
his first paintings and drawings awed the school officials, his
parents, and his relatives >>>Full text
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