Text of a speech by Master Jalil Ziapour, published in Kavir Magazine, 14 February 1950 In life, human desire, according to the laws of nature, is based on need. If, in the face of this law, there are also cases...

Text of the lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association; November 1949 Our people-loving opponents, in order to win the favor of their tightly pressed-together populace in Iran, had set the slogan of popular...

Text of a lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Society; June 1949 The pupils of Kamal-ol-Molk, who, at the vanguard of naturalistic painting in Tehran, had acquired fame among both the elite and the...

Text of the speech by Master Jalil Ziapour; published in the magazine “The Rooster’s Claw”, 22 April 1953 For several years, I have kept silent and observed the state of the Art Academy. In this ruined place, there is no...

Text of Master Jalil Ziapour’s lecture at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association; published in the newspaper “Iran” (issues 8772, 8773, and 8774), dated 17, 18, and 19 April 1949 The day of the annual celebration of the Fighting...

The text of the lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association; published in the weekly magazine “Azarpad” (No. 8), 13 May 1949 I have always said that to recognize modern art and distinguish its...

The text of the lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association (1949); published in the weekly magazine “Shahsavar” (No. 3), 9 October 1950 According to the view of Surrealism, Cubism not only technically (except...

The text of the lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association; the year 1949 The roots of all kinds of thoughts and ideas exist in a latent and weak manner in the depths of...

Text of a lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association, 1949 I have repeatedly been asked to write about the characteristics of the miniature (this Iranian painting of the Islamic period) and to draw...

Text of the lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association, published in the Azarpad weekly, issues 5 and 6, 22 and 29 April 1950 This artistic stir which is currently seen in painting has...

Text of a lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Anatole France Cultural Association (Tehran), published in the weekly “Azarpad”, No. 9, 20 May 1950 Geometric painting, or Cubism, had taken root, and its opponents, experts, and critics were gripped...

Text of Master Jalil Ziapour’s speech at the Bahman Mohasses exhibition, published in the weekly publication “Niruy-e Sevom”, No. 15, 28 November 1952 For some time, Bahman Mohasses had practiced Cubism under me to familiarize himself with new artistic matters....