List of Iranian painters

Safavid era

• Kamaleddin Behzad (1450–1535), head of the royal ateliers in Herat and Tabriz during the late Timurid and early Safavid eras
• Heydar Ali (fl. 16th century), painter at the court of Shah Tahmasp I
• Sultan Mohammed (16th century), painter at the court of Shah Ismail I and Shah Tahmasp I
• Abd al-Samad (16th century), painter at the Safavid and Mughal courts, a founder of the Mughal school of painting in India
• Mirza Ali (c. 1509–1575), miniaturist at the Safavid and Mughal courts
• Mir Musavvir (fl. 1510–48, died 1555), painter at the Safavid court in Tabriz and later the Mughal court in Kabul
• Dust Muhammad (fl. 1510–1564), miniaturist painter, calligrapher, and art historian
• Mir Sayyid Ali (1510–1572), miniaturist at the Safavid and Mughal courts
• Aqa Mirak (1520–1576), Safavid court painter
• Sadiqi Beg (c. 1533–1610), Safavid court painter
• Farrukh Beg (ca. 1547–post 1615), Safavid and Mughal court painter
• Reza Abbasi (1565–1635) miniaturist of the Isfahan School
• Muhammad Qasim (c. 1575–1659), Safavid miniaturist
• Mohammad Zaman (1650 – c. 1700), Safavid painter of the Farangi-Sazi style
• Aliquli Jabbadar (fl. 1666–1694), Safavid painter of the Farangi-Sazi style

Afsharid, Zand, and Qajar eras

• Mohammad Sadiq (18th century), Zand and Qajar court painter
• 'Ali Ashraf (fl c. 1735–1780) lacquer painter and miniaturist
• Abu'l-Hasan Mostawfi Ghaffari (died 1797/98), painter and historian
• Abdallah Khan (c. 1770–1850), court painter, muralist and architect of the Qajar court
• Mirza Baba (fl. 1785 – c. 1830), Qajar court painter
• Mihr 'Ali (fl. 1795–post 1830), Qajar court painter
• Heydar Ali (fl. 19th century), lacquer painter
• Esmail Jalayer (fl. 19th century), painter
• Abu'l-Hasan Sani al-Mulk (1814–1866), Chief court painter, miniaturist, lacquer painter, and book illustrator
• Agha Najaf Ali (fl. 1815 – c. 1860), painter
• Abu Torab Ghaffari (1863–1890), painter
• Yahya Ghaffari (died 1894–1905), court artist of watercolour and oil paintings

A

• Iman Afsarian (born 1974), realist painter
• Shahla Aghapour, Iranian-born German painter, author and gallery director
• Aydin Aghdashloo (1940– ), painter, graphic artist, art curator, writer, and film critic
• Mehdi Ahmadi (1966–2026), painter
• Samira Alikhanzadeh (1967– ), painter, mixed media artist
• Bahram Alivandi (1928–2012), Iranian-born Austrian modernist painter
• Massoud Arabshahi (1935–2019), painter, leading member of the Saqqakhaneh movement
• Kamrooz Aram (1978– ), contemporary painter, installation artist, collagist
• Mir Hossein Arjangi (1881–1963), painter
• Abbas Rassam Arjangi (1892–1975), painter
• Siah Armajani (1939–2020), conceptual artist

B

• Jamal Bakhshpour (1944–2015), contemporary painter
• Mohammad Ali Baniasadi (1955– ), painter, illustrator, cartoonist and sculptor, known for illustrating children's books
• Hossein Behzad (1894–1968), painter
• Dariush Borbor (1934– ), Iranian-French architect, painter, urban planner, designer, sculptor, and writer

D

• Delara Darabi (1986–2009), executed for suspected murder, painter and poet
• Iran Darroudi (1936–2021), modernist painter
• Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi (1930–2012), painter, gallerist, and an innovator of Iranian modern art
• Ali Divandari (1957– ), painter
• Bijan Daneshmand (1958– ), Iranian-born English actor, painter

E

• Ahmad Esfandiari (1922–2012), modernist painter
• Abolhassan Etessami (1903–1978), architect, calligrapher, painter, and novelist
• Zohreh Etezad Saltaneh (1962– ), artist, painter, carpet weaver

F

• Amir H. Fallah (1979– ), Iranian-born American painter, based in Los Angeles
• Roya Farassat (born 1964), painter, sculptor, based in New York City
• Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922–2019), painter, sculptor; known for her cut mirror mosaic work (Ayeneh-kari)
• Mahmoud Farshchian (1930–2025), master of Persian miniature painting, educator

G

• Mokarrameh Ghanbari (1928–2005), self-taught folk painter from northern Mazandaran Province
• Mansoor Ghandriz (1936–1966), modernist painter
• Marcos Grigorian (1925–2007), Iranian-Armenian and American painter, gallerist, a pioneer of Iranian modern art

H

• Raoof Haghighi (1976– ), Iranian-born British painter, known for portraiture and realism
• Fariba Hajamadi (1957– ), Iranian-born American painter, photographer, installation artist
• Khosrow Hassanzadeh (1963–2023), painter, printmaker and installation artist
• Haydar Hatemi (1945– ), painter, sculptor
• Mansooreh Hosseini (1926–2012), contemporary painter

J

• Pouran Jinchi (1959– ), Iranian-born American painter, sculptor, calligrapher

K

• Abbas Katouzian (1923–2008), painter
• Kamal-ol-Molk (1848–1940), painter, and member of the Ghaffari family in Kashan
• Keikhosro Khoroush (1941– ), painter and calligrapher
• Zhaleh Kazemi (1944–2005), painter, news anchor, and producer
• Shokufeh Kavani (1970– ), Iranian-born Australian contemporary painter, nurse
• Reza Khodadadi (1961– ), contemporary artist, academic, painter, sculptor, and muralist

L

• Farideh Lashai (1944– 2013), painter

M

• Iman Maleki (1976– ), painter of realism
• Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007), modernist painter, educator^[1]

• Sirak Melkonian (1930–2024), modernist painter

• Farshid Mesghali (1943–), graphic designer, illustrator, and author
• Mohammad Modabber (1890–1966), painter
• Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam (1924–2018), painter and professor of art
• Farhad Moshiri (1963–2024), pop art painter
• Noreen Motamed (1967–), Iranian-born American painter
• Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1941– ), painter, architect and politician

N

• Naderi Yeganeh, Hamid (1990– ), Iranian mathematical artist^[2][3]
• Afshin Naghouni (1969– ), Iranian-British visual artist
• Shirin Neshat (1957– ), Iranian-American artist, photographer and filmmaker
• Nodjoumi, Nicky (1942– ), Iranian-American painter
• Nouri, Mina (1951– ), Iranian painter, and printmaker
• Novin, Guity (1944– ), Iranian-Canadian figurative painter, and graphic designer
• Nuri, Hossein (1954– ), Iranian painter, dramaturge, and filmmaker

O

• Kazem Ordoobadi (1919–2002), painter
• Nasser Ovissi (born 1934), Iranian-born American painter

P

• Kour Pour (1987– ), Iranian-British painter, printmaker

R

• Shokouh Riazi (1921–1965), modernist painter

S

• Gholamhossein Saber (born 1941), painter and photographer
• Ali Akbar Sadeghi (1937– ), painter
• Farhad Sadeghi Amini (1963– ), painter
• Behjat Sadr (1924–2009), modernist art painter
• Salimi, Homayoun (1948– ), painter and academic
• Sohrab Sepehri (1928–1980), poet and painter
• Tony Shafrazi (1943–), Iranian-born American contemporary art dealer, gallerist, and artist
• Naz Shahrokh (born 1969), conceptual artist
• Keyvan Shovir (born 1985), Iranian-born American graffiti artist

T

• Amir Shayesteh Tabar (1967– ), painter and poet
• Towhidi Tabari (1964– ), painter and Persian style illuminator
• Jazeh Tabatabai (1931–2008), avant-garde painter, poet, and sculptor
• Sadegh Tabrizi (1938–2017), Iranian modern painter, calligrapher
• Hossein Taherzadeh Behzad (1889–1962), miniaturist, calligrapher, and carpet designer
• Taravat Talepasand (1979– ), American painter, sculptor of Iranian descent
• Mohammad Ali Taraghijah (1943–2010), painter of rural landscapes
• Parviz Tanavoli (1937–), sculptor, art historian, author

V

• Mohsen Vaziri-Moghaddam (1924–2018), painter and professor

Z

• Hossein Zenderoudi (1937– ), modernist painter and sculptor
• Jalil Ziapour (1920–1999), painter, academician, researcher, and writer