Self Anecdote (1983)

Morteza Katouzian was born in 1943 into a middle-class Teheran family. With no formal training, special tools or encouragement outside of the constant support of his family, Katouzian passed his free time sketching and painting, slowly honing his talent in solitude. "When I took my paintings to school, the instructors would refuse to believe they were my original works," Katouzian joked recently. Discussing the role of the artist in the modern world, Katouzian remarks, "I could never stop painting; my heart is like a mirror, reflecting the reality of the surrounding world.”

The painter has opened a school in Iran highlighting a culture gap without violence. Publicizing highly personal style with a careful technique bordering on perfection, one must also thank Katouzian who has trained several great artists: Shahrad Malek Fazeli, Mehrdad Jamshidi, Fakhraddin Mokhberi, Majid Arvari, most notably Iman Maleki who were the best of his disciples.

The Dead-End (1981)

The Red Alert (1980)

Morning of the First Day (1995)

Barefoot Gal (1994)The Beginning of the End (1983)

Rebuild The Universe, Replant The Man (1980)

Hollow People (1976)

The Bird and the Book (1996)

The Crash (1985)

To the Memory of Oppressed Martyrs of Homa Flight 655 (1988)

The Destiny (1980)

What Remained (1978)

The Elegy (1986) In four parts from right to left

The Crisis (1981)

For the Martyrs (1983-84)

Broken Pot (2006)

The Banished (1984)

Grief (1983)

The Homeless (1984)

On the Boundry of Desert (1980)

Childhood (1983)

On the Pavement (1984)

Landscape (1997)

Life's Burden (1995)

Deserted Village. (1996)

Dr. Mohammad Mosadeq (1990)

The Poor Old Woman (1995)

Untitled (2006)

Years of Loneliness (2007)

The Life (1984)

Untitled (1983)

Untitled (2005)

A look into Ambiguity (1983) Poor Woman and Child (2002)

Deserted Ruins in south - west Tehran (1997)

The sacrifice (1976)

Dread (Tehran 66) (1987) Memories of the 1950s black year (1969)

Youth Dreams (1993)

The Waiting (1982)

Sound: Hossein Alizadeh & Djivan Gasparayan - Sari Galin

Text and pictures: InternetArangement: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasanda

by Majid Arvari