Born: 1932, Tehran
Nationality:
Iranian Master nasta’liq calligrapher and holder of a First Grade
Artistic Certificate, equivalent to a Ph.D.
Master Mohammad Salahshoor began studying calligraphy under the
supervision of Master Seyyed Hossein Mirkhani in 1950 and went on to
benefit from the teachings of Master Ali-Akbar Kaveh and Master Hassan
Zarrinkhatt. Since 1954, he has been active in the production of
national curricular textbooks and also written more then 30 textbooks
for Afghanistan, the complete Divan and Odes of Hafez, an anthology of
Hafezs odes for the Iran-Pakistan Friendship Association (ReD, 1971), a
collection of Baba-Tahers do-bayti poems, etc., totaling over 15,000
pages. Nezami’s Shahname-ye Panj Ganj and Mozhde-ye Gol are his most
important works in the domain of artistic, cultural and literary books.
Master Salahshoor has also participated in numerous individual and group
exhibitions in Iran and abroad (Kuwait, France...)