KAMaLOLMOLK,MOHAMMAD GHAFFARI
b.KASHAN 1227/1848,
d.27 MORDAD 1319/AUGUST 18,1940,NEISHABUR,KHORASSAN,
WHERE IN 1338/1959 HIS MAUSOLEUM WAS DESIGNED BY HOUSHANG SEIHOUN,THE PROMINENT IRANIAN ARCHITECT,NOW LIVING IN VANCOUVER,CANADA.
KAMALOLMOLK STUDIED PAINTING IN LOUVRE,PARIS AND FLORENCE,RETURNED TO IRAN AND WORKED AS ROYAL ARTIST FROM NASSEREDDIN SHAH GHAJAR PERIOD.BY THE END OF HIS LIFE,DURING REZA SHAH,HE FLED TO KARBALA,ARAGH AND DIED IN EXILE IN NEISABUR,IRAN.HIS MAUSOLEUM IS LOCATED NEXT TO ATTAR,FARIDODDIN MOHAMMAD EBNE EBRAHIM ATTAR NEISHABURIb.521/1142, NEISHBUR -d.599/1220 MECCA.HE IS THE GREAT PERSIAN SUFI POET,WHO WAS ALLEDGEDLY KILLED BY CHANGIZ MOGHOLS ARMY.
IRANICALLY TODAY IS THE DAY CHANGIZ OR JENGIZ OF MONGOL DIED IN 606/1227.
BUT ATTAR WITH HIS POETRY AND PROSE POEMS NEVER DIED
AND NEITHER KAMALOLMOLK,
THE REALIST MASTER OF PERSIAN PAINTING WHOSE WORKS ARE A MIRROR HALL OF IRANIAN LIFE AND CULTURE.
kamalolmolk mausoleum and ceramic detail,neishabur,iran.
designed by:houshang seihoun,architecht
POSTED AUGUST 18,2009 BY : DR.FARAMARZ SOLEIMANI
see also: faramarzsoleimani.com/persian miniature
