Persian Art for Sale: Miniatures by Feruz Temirov and Davron Toshev
Feruz Temirov is an artist and painter from Bukhara, one of Uzbekistan’s ancient cities.
After his graduation from the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts at Bukhara State University, Feruz decided to specialize in Uzbek miniature and teach this art major at the same university. During his academic career, Feruz opened a private gallery in the old city of Bukhara, creating miniatures and compositions on various topics: the Great Silk Road (caravan), famous scientists and travelers in history, the Tree of Life, and more. In his work, Feruz uses ancient silk paper, modern Samarkand mulberry paper and brushes made of natural materials. The process of creating miniatures is complicated and time-consuming: it requires perseverance, great patience, a steady hand and keen eyesight, as well as the artist's boundless imagination.
“It is a great achievement and a great happiness for me if the miniatures I create will please not only modern art lovers but also future generations,” says Feruz.
The artist has participated in international exhibitions around Europe, traveling to Austria, Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland, where he sold many miniatures.
Davron Toshev began painting when he was just five. In 1990, his passion led him to a studio in Tashkent where he met the artist who would change his life: Khurshid Nazirov. Nazirov introduced the young Toshev to the world of miniatures.
Davron was particularly drawn to the work of Kamal ud-Din Behzad (1450-1535) with its symbolic use of colour and neat geometry.
Like the medieval masters before him, Davron is inspired by Eastern poetry and literature, especially by the timeless themes and lively characters of the great Alisher Navoi’s famous works. Toshev’s pictures tell of lovers’ trysts, music and dance, poetry, philosophy, and the harmony we can find in nature.
“Uzbek literature is an infinite, inexhaustible source of inspiration for the world in which I live and which lives in me,” he says. “I try to visually convey the immortal verses of wisdom, love and history.”
His paintings have been exhibited in Paris, Marseille, Geneva, Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other major cities and are much sought-after by collectors and museums in Russia, France, UK, Turkey and UAE.
34 artworks
34 artworks
