Two works by Clara Abkar In 1994, the government of the Islamic Republic inaugurated a museum in Clara Akbar’s name to exhibit her works Clara Akbar at an exhibition of works by Hossein Behzad, an Iranian miniature artist Clara Abkar is known as the first Iranian female miniaturist but, surprisingly, she never offered any of her works for sale Clara Abkar was 73 when she turned her home into a workshop for teaching painting. Two years later, a museum of her works opened in the former royal palace of Saad Abad in Tehran. She is known as the first Iranian female miniaturist but, surprisingly, she never offered any of her works for sale while she was alive. Clara Abkar was born in Tehran on November 5, 1915, to an Armenian family from New Jolfa, the Armenian quarter of Isfahan. Her parents soon became aware of her talent. She finished […]

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