7. Parviz Tanavoli
He was born 1937,is an sculptor, painter, scholar and art collector. He has lived in Vancouver, Canada since 1989.Upon graduating from the Brera Academy of Milan in 1959, Tanavoli taught sculpture for three years at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He then returned to Iran and assumed the directorship of the sculpture department at the University of Tehran, a position he held for 18 years until 1979, when he retired from his teaching duties.Tanavoli’s work has been auctioned around the world leading to overall sales of over $6.7 million, making him the most expensive living Iranian artist.
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