Hunting Scene by Abbas Moayeri

This is contemporary miniature from our master Abbas Moayeri, who was between 1967 and 1970, professor of Persian Miniature at the School of Fine Arts in Tehran.

Abbas is a renowned artist and lives in Paris where he teaches persian miniature.

A Persian miniature is a richly detailed miniature painting which depicts religious or mythological themes from the region of the Middle East now known as Iran. The art of miniature painting in Persia flourished from the 13th through the 16th centuries, and continues to this day, with several contemporary artists producing notable Persian miniatures.Persian miniatures offer a heavenly vision that materializes in the garden, embellished with trees, fountains, silver rivers, mountains with shimmering colors, golden skies...

These delicate, lush paintings are typically visually stunning, with somptuous colours a level of detail which can only be achieved with a very fine hand and an extremely small brush.

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