Keikhosro Khoroush
Keikhosro Khoroush (Persian: کیخسرو خروش, born 1941) is an Iranian painter and calligrapher.
Keikhosro Khoroush
Romissa Mofidi · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Name
- Keikhosro Khoroush
- Born
- 23 April 1941
- Birthplace
- Tehran
- Education
- University of Tehran
- Known for
- Iranian calligrapher and painter
- Spouse
- Azam (zahra) Aminian
- Nationality
- Iran
- Occupation
- calligrapher · painter
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Keikhosro Khoroush. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q45776504 · wikipedia · Keikhosro Khoroush
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Keikhosro Khoroush • Born — 23 April 1941 • Birthplace — Tehran • Education — University of Tehran • Known for — Iranian calligrapher and painter • Style — Nastaligh calligraphy Realist painter • Spouse — Azam (zahra) Aminian • Website — khoroush.art • Native Name — کیخسرو خروش
Biography
Biography
Khoroush was born in April 1941 in Tehran, Iran. He enrolled at the Iran Calligraphers Association. He got started learning Persian calligraphy under the supervision of Great Master Hossein Mirkhani (the Founder of Iran Calligraphers Association) In 1973, he got a master's degree and was successful in taking great master degree of Iranian Calligraphy Association in 1977. Finally, he became one of the two great masters in Persian calligraphy since this time and has calligraphied up to 40 books since the 1960s. Over more than 1000 of his paintings and several art works of his calligraphy (uncountable), are available in Iran and abroad (in the museums and personal collections), and sold in auctions like Tehran auction. He received a lifetime achievement award at the Calligraphy Museum of Iran in Tehran.
Works
Works
He is a contemporary artist and has been artistically active in the past 60 years, Almost all his paintings are based on oil and watercolor.
Books list
• Layla and Majnun - Poetry by Nizami Ganjavi (Published – 1980s). • Masnavi-e-Mush-O-Gorbeh (Mouse and Cat) by Obeid Zakani, (unpublished – 1960s).
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Keikhosro Khoroush, revision 1374303392 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 25 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
19,456 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Kees van WaningArtist
- Kehinde WileyArtist
- Keibun ŌtaArtist
- Keiji InafuneArtist
- Keisai EisenArtist
- Keith ParkinsonArtist
- Keith RoweArtist
- KeizerArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Keikhosro Khoroush?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.