Text of the speech by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association; published in the journal “The Cock’s Claw (Panjeh-ye Khorus)” (No. 1), 30 April 1953 Who does not know to what extent our artistic environment...
An article by Jalil Ziapour, titled “Nima and His Poetry”, published in the weekly Shahsavar, No. 3, Monday, 9 October 1950 For some time now, regarding Nima’s poetry and ‘Al-e Ahmad’s’ attention to Nima, a group has been expressing unfavorable...
Text of a lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Giti Cultural Association; published in the weekly “Shahsavar” (No. 2), 2 October 1950 Identifying two fundamental matters in modern art is necessary and imperative: one is the manner in which...
The article by Jalil Ziapour, titled “Let Us Criticize Correctly” (regarding the paintings of Javad Hamidi and his critic), published in Shahsavar Weekly, No. 1, Monday, 25 September 1950 It is truly strange that a number of our youth resort...
Jalil Ziapour’s article, entitled “An Exhibition at the Apadana Gallery and Ziapour’s Critique”, published in the weekly Azarpad, No. 4, Saturday, 15 April 1950 This time, the paintings of our friend Hossein Kazemi have been put on display at Apadana....
Text of the lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association (year 1949); published in the weekly “Azarpad” (Issue 2), 1 April 1950 Until now, most of our people have believed that painting is merely...
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...
Jalil Ziapour’s article, titled “The Solicitude of the Likes of Messrs. Engineer Taherzadeh”, published in the newspaper Mehr-e Iran, No. 2179, Monday, 28 November 1949 The newspaper Mehr-e Iran wrote: In response to the article “A Critique of a Critique,”...
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...
An article by Master Jalil Ziapour, titled “Fighting Cock Magazine, the Means of Interpellation of Dr. Eqbal”, published in Ettela’at Newspaper, Issue 9615, 24 April 1949. One of the very interesting events in the year 1949 for the...
Text of a lecture by Master Jalil Ziapour at the Fighting Cock (Khorus Jangi) Art Association; 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 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...