Mohammad Hosayni Emami (also spelled Muhammad Husayni Imami; fl. 1860s–1870s) was a notable Iranian lacquer painter from the Emami family in Isfahan, active during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (r. 1848–1896).[1][2] Working in the traditional style, he was most active during the 1860s and 1870s, though he had already painted a portrait of Naser al-Din Shah in 1845 when the Shah was still the heir-apparent.[3] Over the course of his career, Emami achieved the title of naqqash-bashi,[3] and the art historian Basil William Robinson attributes much of Isfahan's finest lacquerwork to him.[2]
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Mohammad Hosayni Emami was also the father of Mirza Aqa Emami (born Mohammad Mehdi Emami; 1881–1954), another distinguished member of the Emami family.[2]
References
edit- ^ Robinson 1986, pp. 637–640.
- ^ a b c Floor 1999, p. 141.
- ^ a b Robinson 1991, p. 888.
Sources
edit- Floor, Willem (1999). "Art (naqqashi) and artists (naqqashan) in Qajar Persia". Muqarnas Online. 16 (1): 125–154.
- Robinson, B. W. (1986). "ART IN IRAN x.2 Qajar Painting". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume II/6: Art in Iran I–ʿArūż. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. ISBN 978-0-71009-106-2.
- Robinson, B. W. (1991). "Persian painting under the Zand and Qājār dynasties". In Avery, Peter; Hambly, Gavin R. G.; Melville, Charles Peter (eds.). The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 7: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-20095-4.