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'''Manoucher Yektai''' (December 22, 1921 – November 19, 2019)<ref>{{cite web|last=Yekta|first=Manouch|title=United States Public Records Index|url=https://familysearch.org|publisher=Familysearch.org|accessdate=4 December 2013}}</ref><ref>[https://www.en.mehrnews.com/amp/152514/ Mehr News] {{dead link|date=May 2024}}</ref> was an [[Iranian Americans|Iranian-born American]] artist. He is associated with [[New York School (art)|New York School]] art movement.
'''Manoucher Yektai''' (December 22, 1921 – November 19, 2019)<ref>{{cite web|last=Yekta|first=Manouch|title=United States Public Records Index|url=https://familysearch.org|publisher=Familysearch.org|accessdate=4 December 2013}}</ref><ref>[https://www.en.mehrnews.com/amp/152514/ Mehr News] {{dead link|date=May 2024}}</ref> was an [[Iranian Americans|Iranian-born American]] artist. He is associated with [[New York School (art)|New York School]] art movement.
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Yektai became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1959. He died at the age of 97 on November 19, 2019, in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/152514/Iranian-artist-Manoucher-Yektai-passes-away-at-98|title=Iranian artist Manoucher Yektai passes away at 98|date=2019-11-20|website=Mehr News Agency|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref>
Yektai was married to Iranian artist [[Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian]] from 1950 to 1953.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farago |first=Jason |date=2019-04-29 |title=Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96, Dies; Artist Melded Islam and the Abstract |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/29/obituaries/monir-farmanfarmaian-dead.html |access-date=2024-05-31 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1959. He died at the age of 97 in New York City on November 19, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/152514/Iranian-artist-Manoucher-Yektai-passes-away-at-98|title=Iranian artist Manoucher Yektai passes away at 98|date=2019-11-20|website=Mehr News Agency|language=en|access-date=2019-11-20}}</ref>


==Selected solo exhibitions==
==Selected solo exhibitions==

Revision as of 05:23, 31 May 2024

Manoucher Yektai
Born(1921-12-22)December 22, 1921
Tehran, Iran
DiedNovember 19, 2019(2019-11-19) (aged 97)
New York City, U.S.
EducationTehran University (did not graduate)
École des Beaux-Arts
Art Students League of New York
Known forPainter, draughtsman
Spouses
(m. 1950; div. 1953)
*
Helene Kulukundis Yektai
(m. 1968⁠–⁠2019)
Children4

Manoucher Yektai (December 22, 1921 – November 19, 2019)[1][2] was an Iranian-born American artist. He is associated with New York School art movement.

Early life and education

Born in Tehran, Iran, Yektai dropped out of Tehran University without obtaining a degree. Between 1945 and 1947, he studied with Amédée Ozenfant in Paris, and later in New York City. From 1946 to 1947, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at the atelier of André Lhote. From 1947 to 1948, he studied at the Art Students League of New York.

Career

Yektai has many works in North American and European collections and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and numerous private collections such as the Yellowstone Art Museum.[3]

Personal life

Yektai was married to Iranian artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian from 1950 to 1953.[4] He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1959. He died at the age of 97 in New York City on November 19, 2019.[5]

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 1949: Woodstock, New York
  • 1951, 1952, 1953: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Inc., New York City
  • 1956: American Associated Artists, New York City
  • 1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964: Poindexter Gallery, New York City
  • 1959: Felix Landau Gallery Los Angeles County, California
  • 1960,1961, 1963, 1965: Semia Huber Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
  • 1962: Anderson Meyer Gallery, Paris; Feingarten Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  • 1961, 1962, 1964, 1970: Picadilly Gallery, London, United Kingdom
  • 1965, 1966, (67: Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
  • 1966. 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1996: Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
  • 1977, 1978: Galerie Zand, Teheran, Iran
  • 1981, 1984: Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City
  • 1988: Paris - New York: Kent Fine Art, Kent, Connecticut

See also

References

  1. ^ Yekta, Manouch. "United States Public Records Index". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  2. ^ Mehr News [dead link]
  3. ^ "Manoucher Yektai | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  4. ^ Farago, Jason (2019-04-29). "Monir Farmanfarmaian, 96, Dies; Artist Melded Islam and the Abstract". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  5. ^ "Iranian artist Manoucher Yektai passes away at 98". Mehr News Agency. 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2019-11-20.

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