Sohrab akhavan biography of martin
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ARTS & CULTURE BEAT – By Masa Zokaei
LOS ANGELES
Premiere of “The Life and Art of Sumbat”
This weekend in Los Angeles, “The Life and Art of Sumbat”, a film by Sohrab Akhavan, will be screened at the 17th Arpa International Film Festival in Hollywood at the Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.
The film is about painter Sumbat Der Kiureghian of Isfahan (1913 – 1999), known as the most famous watercolor artist of his time in Iran. Born to an Armenian family in New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran, Sumbat was influenced by both western and eastern artistic styles, and by Armenian and Iranian traditions.
During his 65 years of artistic career, he produced thousands of watercolor, gouache and oil paintings, which are now scattered throughout the world in private collections and museums.
He lived in Iran until 1980, then moved to the United States where he died in 1999.
Journalist, director, documentary producer Sohrab Akhavan started his media