Mohammad-Ali Taraghijah (Persian: محمدعلی ترقیجاه; 1943 – August 12, 2010)[1] was an Iranian painter, whose work often featured rural, Iranian, landscape imagery.
[2] He graduated from the College of Science & Technology with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, yet his heart was set on creating art.
[3] He participated in the Iran National Art Competition in 1968 and he won the Golden Award that year.
[3] In 1970 he returned to Tehran and decided to take up painting professionally.
His beautiful works have been exhibited in Switzerland, Germany, Italy, France, United States and Japan.