One of the most beautiful paintings in Master Farshchian Museum is a painting called: “Sheik of Sanaan and the Christian Girl” which is based on a story by Attar Neishaburi, the great Iranian Mystic, poet and author in 12 century.
This painting is the story of an old pious eremite & Sufi who fell in love with a Christian girl and the girl asks him to abnegate and Insult his religion, Sheik doesn`t accept but accept to drink wine and Being drunk, he did all sins unconsciously and ….
This work is painted in 1975 by Master Farshchian. Sheik doing his first sin (drinking wine) and the girl are at the center of the painting and all around are sad and worried Fellowships of Sheik.
Mahmud Farshchian (born January 24, 1930) is a master of Persian painting and miniatures. He was born in the city of Isfahan in Iran. His masterpieces have been hosted by several museums and exhibitions worldwide and there is a museum in Saadabad Complex which hosts lots of his works. He's the most modernizer of the field of miniatures, an art form which was first established in Ancient Persia and later spread to China and Turkey and other Middle Eastern countries.