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.

Portrait (1985 )

A Girl whith a Doll (2002) Sisters (1993)

First Year of school Friends (1997)

The Loneliness and the indisposition (1985)

Still Life (Painting tools and sculpture)(1993)

The mother (2005)

Sketch for The Grandmother(1986) The Grandmother(1989)

The Girl and the Sea. (1989)

Worried (1986)

The Mother and the Children (2002)

Small Shop (1996)

A Girl in the Shadow (1992)A Young Girl (2000)

The Sewing (1998)

Portrait (1986)

Daily Work (1997 )

Doubt (2003)

On the Boundary of our City (2003)

A Young Boy (1986)

A Child of our City (1992)

Ali Akbar Sanati.(Painter & Scuplptror) (1990)

Dr. Nasser Katouzian (Lawyer) (2002)

Dr. Haj Seyed Javadi (Writer) (2002)

Portrait (1995)

Old Afghan (1995)

Familiar Strangers (1995)

Shepherd Girl (1996)

Simple Offering (1991)

Carpet-Weaving Girl (1996)

A Day Morning (1994)

The Housewife (1986)

The Sad Girl (1986)

Portrait (1999)

The Moving (1987)

The Letter (1984)

Sound: Farid Farjad - Sari Galin

Text and pictures: Internet

Arangement: Sanda Foişoreanu

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By Mehrdad Jamshidi