Iran Darroudi

Iran Darroudi (September 1936 – 29 October 2021) was an Iranian contemporary artist. Her art consists of surreal paintings dealing with Iranian themed imagery and strong lighting. She lived between Tehran and Paris for many years.

Born in Mashhad, Iran. Her family moved to Hamburg, Germany, for her father's business, in 1937, and by the early 1940s they were forced to leave because of the beginnings of World War II. By 1945 her family returned to Iran.

Darroudi studied at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the history of art at the École du Louvre, both in Paris, France, stained glass at the Royal Academy of Brussels, in Brussels, Belgium, and television direction and production at the RCA Institute in New York City.

She held more than 60 individual, and took part in about 250 group exhibitions all over the world. Defined as Surrealist artist, she was able to combine the delicacy and romantic spirit of Persian paintings with the elements of Surrealism.