Sohrab Sepehri Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1928 - d. 1980

Sohrab Sepehri (October 7, 1928 – April 21, 1980) was a notable Iranian poet and a painter. He is considered to be one of the five most famous Iranian poets who have practiced modern poetry alongside Nima Youshij, Ahmad Shamlou, Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, and Forough Farrokhzad. Sepehri's poems have been translated into several languages including; English, French, Spanish, Italian and Lithuanian. Samira Gilani has published several articles on Sohrab Sepehri's poems at the universities of Tehran and Punjab.

Sohrab was born in Kashan, Iran in 1928. He completed his elementary and secondary education in Kashan and moved to Tehran in 1943 to study at teachers' college . He worked as a teacher for a few years, then enrolled as a student in the faculty of fine arts school at University of Tehran and graduated with honors. Sohrab Sepehri was very talented in fine arts and his paintings were displayed in many European exhibits. His paintings are about nature and one of his paintings was sold in Tehran in 2018. He is one of Iran's foremost modernist painters. Unfortunately, he moved to England for treatment but he had to return Tehran because of the progression of his illness. Finally, he passed away in Pars Hospital in Tehran on April 28, 1980. He was buried in Kashan. Sohrab never got married and his grave is frequently visited by many art lovers.

Sohrab Sepehri grew up in a family that they were into art and poetry. His father was working in a post office and loved art. His mother loved poetry and art, too. When he was a child, his father was suffering from paralysis and died in 1341. Sohrab missed his only brother who was his only playmate in childhood, too.

After moving to Tehran and educating in Fine Art College, he was employed in oil company. He left the company after 8 months. In 1330, he published his first collection of poems named "The Death of Color". In 1332, he was graduated from Fine Art College and he received the scientific first degree. During this time, he published his second collection of poems, "sleeps life".

In 1336, he traveled to some European countries. He visited France and Paris. He enrolled in lithographie in the school of Fine Arts in Paris. At the time when he was educating in Paris, he didn't receive scholarship anymore, so he needed to work and make a living. He sometimes was hanging from tall buildings to wash the apartments' windows.