A collection of etching silvers donated by Gholam Ali Maloul
A collection of etching silvers donated by Gholam Ali Maloul
The exhibition of exquisite silver collection donated by Gholam Ali Maloul includes 125 pieces of Isfahan silver etchings. The weight of silver pieces is about 19 thousand mesghal, equivalent to 80 kilograms, and the weight of metal, bronze and copper objects is about 25 kilograms. The age of these exquisite and beautiful works goes back to the Qajar period (1921) to the contemporary era (2008). This permanent exhibition was opened on May 20, 2019 with the presence of engineer Gholam Ali Maloul, the president of Tehran University, the cultural and social vice president of the university, officials and a group of art lovers.
Biography
Gholam Ali Maloul was born in 1947 in a poor neighborhood in Arak. He completed primary school in a school called Farzin. Although he was studying less, but due to his high intelligence, he was able to finish this grade with excellent scores as an excellent student. He studied mathematics in high school. Technical Faculty and Physics Faculty of Science Faculty of Tehran University was his final destination and he was accepted in both faculties. It was in this way that in 1965 he became a student of road and construction at Tehran University's technical faculty and after 5 years of studying in this faculty, he graduated with a master's degree. After working for a long time, he retired in economic fields in 2003 in order to have more opportunity to work in cultural fields and his personal interests.
Interests and literary works
Interest in art, literature, handicrafts and ancient works and traveling to different countries are among his interests. The authoring of the book "Baharestan, a window to Iran's carpet", collecting a collection of exquisite carpets over forty years, collecting the silver etching collection of Isfahan over thirty-five years, visiting important ancient works in the world and famous museums of the world are some of his other activities.
