Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Rug Repair Painting by Great Iranian Artist "Nami Petgar"



Famous Iranian painter Nami Petgar who passed away in 2008 in Iran had many paintings among which this "Rug Repair" painting was a good one and my favorite. He was born in 1945 in Tehran. I am including a photo of Master Petgar here.

I received a phone call from someone mentioning that this work was not done by master Nami Petgar and then Maedeh, one of the students of master Nami contacted me a couple of times. This is the new finding that this painting was originally done by master Jafar Petgar. It was later copied by many other painters and artists. This copy which is shown here is done by Dadashi. Thank you Maedeh for taking time to investigate and clarify this.


Khosrow Sobhe
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)
www.rugidea.com
310-770-9085

6 comments:

Maedeh said...

Hi.Are you sure this is Master Nami Petgar's painting???
I was one of His Art Students, but I had not seen this!!!and the method is really different and that is not his signature, if you zoom in the photo you 'll see a signature (down left):Dadashi.
just take a look at his site and you'll find out that it is not his painting: www.namipetgar.com

Rug Ideas Dr. Kay Sobhe (Los Angeles) said...

Hi Maedeh,

Thank you very much for taking time to write to me. The original painting was done by Ostad Nami Petgar and after that there were many other copies and imitations by other artists. Thanks again for noticing the name under the painting.

Dr. Khosrow Sobhe (Dr. Kay)
Certified Rug Specialist (CRS)

Maedeh said...

bazam Salam aghaye Dr. Sobhe,
khob mese inke motmaenid ke in kare ostad petgar'e.
man avalin bariye ke in karo mibinam ,ostad hargez inkar ya slidesho be ma neshoon nadade bood va hata hich aksi ham az in asar toye site ishoon nist.
chiziham ke baes shod begam in kare ostad nist ine ke be gheyr az khode naghsh va negare farsh ,hich chizi realistic nist ( portrait ha , dastha va makhsoosan chin haye farsh ).Ostad Petgar ham hamishe dar hameye asareshoon hameye anasore kar ro ostadane va kamelan realistic ghalam mizadan.
vali bayad in ro ham dar nazar migeraftam ke Ostad Petgar ham mesle baghiye naghasha sabke hameye asareshoon yeki nist.
man baz ham miporsam az khanevedeye Ostad Petgar va chand ta az shagerdaneshoon behetoon etela midam.
mamnoon az inke javab dadid Dr Sobhe.

Maedeh said...

salam Dr.Sobhe,
Esme in asar "Rofoogar"va asare marhoom Ostad Jafar Petgar'e .ishoon amooye ostad Nami Petgar hastan.
Albate in asar ro ehtemalan naghashi be esme "Dadashi" copy karde !
Ehtemalan ham dadashi bayad emzaye hamoon baradarane dadashi maroof bashe ke karahashoon bishtar bazari vali ghaviye.
asle in asar ham tooye chand namayeshgah boode mesle namayeshgahe Realism & HyperRealism in Farhangsaraye Niavaran.

Rug Ideas Dr. Kay Sobhe (Los Angeles) said...

Thank you Maedeh for correcting me on this. It is good that you read the post and cared.

Best wishes,
Khosrow Sobhe

Anonymous said...

Sir Mis Maedeh has corrected your mistake that "Roffogar" is "Jafar Petgar"'s painting not Nami Petgar's; furthermore the picture of the the copy of Rofoogar is actually by Mr. Dadashi, hence 2 mistakes in a row. You have rightfully thanked Mis Maedeh for caring and correcting your mistake, why don't you return the same courtesy by fixing the problem on your page? At best, this is a misrepresentation sir.
I will send you a picture of actual Rofoogar to be posted here if you provide me with your email. Please be respectful and accurate of your homeland's artists.