Jabbar Farshbaf

Born in 1966 Tabriz, Iran . I’m teaching Persian literature and poetry. I like beautiful stories especially epics and enjoy the stories that are told so sweet.

As a researcher who is interested in Persian ancients and legends and as a teacher who wants to make difficult long and old texts, short and easy to understand for his students, I happen to create Shahnameh projects in which I can teach ancient Persian literature in two forms: pictures and short stories. Each project i create include a book of Persian legend stories and a collection of Paintings related to the stories.

I started to paint when decided to create the very first project called Minimal Shahnameh (the book and the paintings) with zero experience in painting. I painted 67 pieces all the same size and technique. It took me 2 years to finish the collection. Each painting related to a story. I display some of them here in Saatchiart. The book of “Minimal Shahnameh” which is Farsi/English edition contains all stories of the entire Shahnameh plus the images of the paintings. It is available on Amazon.

I like the idea to link the paintings with the written content since it can help readers of any level review the short stories in less time while enjoying the v...