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Bijan is one of the most widely collected sculptors of all time.
He was commissioned by Disney to execute the official painting for the Winter Olympics in 1960. He is considered a pioneer in the field of metal sculpture and several contemporary metal artists including Wegner* have studied under him.
Bijan was born in Iran in 1936 and came to the United States in 1958.
*While working on his degree in Art from Valley College in Los Angeles Stewart Wegner apprenticed under the world-renowned sculptor Bijan Bijan, becoming proficient in all phases of the art of sculpting.
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