What is Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian?
'''Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian''' ({{Lang-fa|منیر شاهرودی فرمانفرمائیان}}&lrm;; 16 December 1922 – 20 April 2019) was an [[Iranians|Iranian]] artist and a [[collect]]or of [[folk art]]. She has been called one of the most important Iranian [[contemporary art]]ists. She is best known for her [[mosaic]]s and [[glass painting]]s. Her worked joined [[Modern art|modern]] [[expressionism]] and [[tradition]]al Persian [[craftsman]]ship. She lived and worked in the [[United States]] for many years but later came back to Iran. In 2017, the Monir Museum in [[Tehran]] was opened in her honour. Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was born in [[Qazvin]]. She was married twice and had two daughters. She died of [[natural causes]] in Tehran on 20 April 2019. She was 96.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.koamnewsnow.com/lifestyle/monir-shahroudy-farmanfarmaian-iranian-artist-dies/1071234051|title=Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Iranian artist, dies|author=Moshtaghian, Artemis|date=22 April 2019|access-date=23 April 2019|work=KOAM|publisher=[[CNN]]|archive-date=23 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423035300/https://www.koamnewsnow.com/lifestyle/monir-shahroudy-farmanfarmaian-iranian-artist-dies/1071234051|url-status=dead}}</ref> == Education == She finished her B.A. in University of Tehran at the Faculty of Fine Art in 1944,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Monir is always the answer|url=http://www.flashartonline.com/article/monir-is-always-the-answer/|access-date=2022-05-03|archive-date=2015-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919201552/http://www.flashartonline.com/article/monir-is-always-the-answer/|url-status=dead}}</ref> she then moved to New York City. In New York, she studied at Cornell University, at Parsons The New School for Design, where she majored in fashion illustration, and at the Art Students League of New York.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Monir shahroudi farmanfarmaian biography|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/monir-shahroudy-farmanfarmaian/biography|access-date=2022-05-03|website=www.artnet.com}}</re