Manoucher Yektai (December 22, 1921 – November 19, 2019) was an Iranian-born American artist. He is associated with New York School art movement.
Early life and education
Born in Tehran, Iran, Yektai dropped out of Tehran University without obtaining a degree. Between 1945 and 1947, he studied with Amédée Ozenfant in Paris, and later in New York City. From 1946 to 1947, he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts, and at the atelier of André Lhote. From 1947 to 1948, 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.
Personal life
Yektai became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1959. He died at the age of 97 on November 19, 2019, in New York City.
Selected solo exhibitions
1949: Woodstock, New York
1951, 1952, 1953: Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Inc., New York City
1956: American Associated Artists, New York City
1957, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964: Poindexter Gallery, New York City
1959: Felix Landau Gallery Los Angeles County, California
1960,1961, 1963, 1965: Semia Huber Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland
1962: Anderson Meyer Gallery, Paris; Feingarten Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1961, 1962, 1964, 1970: Picadilly Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1965, 1966, (67: Gertrude Kasle Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1966. 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1996: Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York 1977, 1978: Galerie Zand, Teheran, Iran 1981, 1984: Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York City 1988: Paris - New York: Kent Fine Art, Kent, Connecticut
See also
Islamic art
Iranian art
Islamic calligraphy
List of Iranian artists
References
External links
yektai.com/
Further reading
Marika Herskovic, American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s An Illustrated Survey, (New York School Press, 2003.) . p. 362-365 Marika Herskovic, New York School Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists, (New York School Press, 2000.) . p. 31; p. 39; p. 382-385