
Hossein Fallahi, the master of painting was born in Esfahan in 1938. After primary education in 1951 he began to learn miniature painting under the supervision of a celebrated master of Persian majar style in the miniature studio of Ali Sajadi. In 198iniature, Ali Sajadi who was a noted student of Hajmossaver al-molk. Miniature was painted in Mongol, Safavid and K1 Hossein Fallahi began miniature work by himself after the demise of the master. With the foundation of The Naghsh-e Jahan gallery in 1995 he began miniature painting in traditional style accompanied by his fellow members and his own students. Now there are 15 artists working under his supervision at this gallery. Tourists who have visited the gallery have appreciated the miniature work. His name and picture have been printed in books of art and in different tourist magazines. The paints used in this gallery are mineral such as Azure, Turquoise, Colcothar, Indigo and plant paint such as Saffron, Henna and Alizarin.
The Miniature paint brush is made of Persian cat\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s hair and pigeon\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s feather. The material on which the miniature is painted is camel bone and pressed camel bone powder for bigger sizes, also hand-made paper or ancient paper, leather shell and rarely on ivory. The painting subjects are based on Persian culture. Some of them are based on poems of Persian poets such as Omar Khayyam, Hafiz, Saadi, Firdowsi, Moulavi and some on Persian stories such as Shahnameh, Khosrow-Shirin and tales of HezaroyekShab (Shahrzad) or the life of tribes and clans, inns and ancient life, polo playing, hunting and some Iranian high-ranking people such as Dervish, Shahrzad, Iranian Princes and poets.
Miniature painting is performed in 5 stages:
1- Design, totally based on imagination, rarely on models.
2- Painting, applying different paints to reach a proportionate combination.
3- Details such as making tiles, brush work of the surface, clothing and trees.
4- Portrayal
5- Finishing and remedy with white powder (Mine white paint).
The price of a miniature is calculated on detail, time use, quality of material used and of course the reputation of the artist\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s signature.