Manoucher yektai biography examples

Iranian-American artist (–)

Manoucher Yektai (Persian: منوچهر یکتایی; b. 22, – d. 19, )^[1][2] was an Iranian-born American artist.

He is associated with New York School art movement.

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Early life and education

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

From to , 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 to ^[4] He became a naturalized U.