List of Iranian painters

Classical era

• Reza Abbasi miniaturist of the Isfahan School
• Mihr 'Ali royal painter
• Kamaleddin Behzad
• Farrukh Beg
• 'Ali Ashraf lacquer painter and miniaturist

Modern era

A

• Iman Afsarian, realist painter
• Shahla Aghapour, Iranian-born German painter, author and gallery director
• Aydin Aghdashloo painter, graphic artist, art curator, writer, and film critic
• Samira Alikhanzadeh painter, mixed media artist
• Bahram Alivandi Iranian-born Austrian modernist painter
• Massoud Arabshahi painter, leading member of the Saqqakhaneh movement
• Kamrooz Aram contemporary painter, installation artist, collagist
• Siah Armajani conceptual artist

B

• Jamal Bakhshpour contemporary painter
• Mohammad Ali Baniasadi painter, illustrator, cartoonist and sculptor, known for illustrating children's books
• Hossein Behzad painter
• Dariush Borbor Iranian-French architect, painter, urban planner, designer, sculptor, and writer

D

• Delara Darabi executed for suspected murder, painter and poet
• Iran Darroudi modernist painter
• Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi painter, gallerist, and an innovator of Iranian modern art
• Ali Divandari painter
• Bijan Daneshmand Iranian-born English actor, painter

E

• Ahmad Esfandiari modernist painter
• Abolhassan Etessami, architect, calligrapher, painter, and novelist
• Zohreh Etezad Saltaneh artist, painter, carpet weaver

F

• Amir H. Fallah Iranian-born American painter, based in Los Angeles
• Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian painter, sculptor; known for her cut mirror mosaic work
• Mahmoud Farshchian master of Persian miniature painting, educator

G

• Mokarrameh Ghanbari self-taught folk painter from northern Mazandaran Province
• Mansoor Ghandriz modernist painter
• Marcos Grigorian Iranian-Armenian and American painter, gallerist, a pioneer of Iranian modern art

H

• Raoof Haghighi Iranian-born British painter, known for portraiture and realism
• Fariba Hajamadi Iranian-born American painter, photographer, installation artist
• Khosrow Hassanzadeh painter, printmaker and installation artist
• Haydar Hatemi painter, sculptor
• Mansooreh Hosseini contemporary painter

J

• Pouran Jinchi Iranian-born American painter, sculptor, calligrapher

K

• Abbas Katouzian painter
• Kamal-ol-Molk painter, and part of the Ghaffari family in Kashan
• Keikhosro Khoroush painter and calligrapher
• Zhaleh Kazemi, painter, news anchor, and producer
• Shokufeh Kavani Iranian-born Australian contemporary painter, nurse
• Reza Khodadadi contemporary artist, academic, painter, sculptor, and muralist

L

• Farideh Lashai painter

M

• Iman Maleki, painter of realism
• Leyly Matine-Daftary, modernist painter, educator
• Sirak Melkonian, modernist painter
• Farshid Mesghali, graphic designer, illustrator, and author
• Mohammad Modabber, painter
• Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, painter and professor of art
• Farhad Moshiri, pop art painter
• Noreen Motamed, Iranian-born American painter
• Mir-Hossein Mousavi, painter, architect and politician

N

• Naderi Yeganeh, Hamid, Iranian mathematical artist
• Afshin Naghouni, Iranian-British visual artist
• Shirin Neshat, Iranian-American artist, photographer and filmmaker
• Nodjoumi, Nicky, Iranian-American painter
• Nouri, Mina, Iranian painter, and printmaker
• Novin, Guity, Iranian-Canadian figurative painter, and graphic designer
• Nuri, Hossein, Iranian painter, dramaturge, and filmmaker

O

• Kazem Ordoobadi, painter
• Nasser Ovissi Iranian-born American painter

P

• Kour Pour, Iranian-British painter, printmaker

R

• Shokouh Riazi, modernist painter

S

• Gholamhossein Saber, painter and photographer
• Ali Akbar Sadeghi painter
• Farhad Sadeghi Amini painter
• Behjat Sadr modernist art painter
• Salimi, Homayoun painter and academic
• Samad, Khwaja Abdus painter and one of the founders of the Mughal school of painting in India
• Sohrab Sepehri poet and painter
• Tony Shafrazi Iranian-born American contemporary art dealer, gallerist, and artist
• Naz Shahrokh, conceptual artist
• Keyvan Shovir, Iranian-born American graffiti artist

T

• Amir Shayesteh Tabar, painter and poet
• Towhidi Tabari, painter and Persian style illuminator
• Jazeh Tabatabai, avant-garde painter, poet, and sculptor
• Sadegh Tabrizi, Iranian modern painter, calligrapher
• Taravat Talepasand, American painter, sculptor of Iranian descent
• Mohammad Ali Taraghijah, painter of rural landscapes
• Parviz Tanavoli, sculptor, art historian, author

V

• Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam, painter and professor

Z

• Hossein Zenderoudi modernist painter and sculptor
• Jalil Ziapour painter, academician, researcher, and writer