Leyly Matine-Daftary (1937–2007) was an Iranian modernist artist and art educator. She was based in both Tehran and Paris. Matine-Daftary was best known for her flat paintings that highlighted simplicity but still expressed emotions. Biography Leyly Matine-Daftary was born in 1937 in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran (now known as Iran). Her father, Ahmad Matin-Daftari, was Prime Minister of Iran, as was one of her grandfathers, Mohammad Mossadegh. After completing her elementary education in Tehran, she attended Cheltenham Ladies' College. She obtained a Fine Arts degree from the Slade School of Fine Art before returning to Tehran in the late 1950s. From 1960 until 1956 she lectured on sculpture and sculpting at the Fine Arts Faculty of Tehran University. Matine-Daftary was involved in the early Tehran Biennial and in the Shiraz Arts Festival, for which she created iconic identifying materials. Matine-Daftary died in Paris on 17 April 2007. Exhibitions 2016, "20th Century Art/Middle East", part of Middle East Art Week, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), Dubai 2013 – 2014, "Iran Modern", Asia Society, New York City 1974 – 1975, "Exhibition of the Contemporary Iranian Art collection of Farah Pahlavi" - (traveling) Tehran, Islamabad, Delhi, Istanbul, Ankara, Belgrade, Moscow, London and Paris 1973, Salon d’Automne, Paris Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium 1968, "International Festival of Arts", Shiraz Modern Iranian Art and Columbia University, New York City, New York 1967, ”25 Years of Modern Iranian Art”, Tehran Museum, Tehran, Iran 1966, Tehran Biennale, Iranian Pavilion, Official Selection, Tehran, Iran 1962, Tehran Biennale, Iranian Pavilion, Official Selection, Tehran, Iran See also List of Iranian artists List of Iranian painters List of Iranian women artists References External links examples of Leyly Matine-Daftary's work on ArtNet.com 1937 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Iranian painters 20th-century Iranian women artists 21st-century Iranian women artists 21st-century Iranian painters Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Iranian women painters Modern artists Artists from Tehran People educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College