THE MYSTERY BEHIND SARA MOON
I am an addict. A Sara Moon addict. I love her paintings and I have a large print of one (see pictures below) - mine is called 'Moshgan' although whilst researching it also appears to be called 'Lisa' - no idea why? I bought her on eBay years ago for £26 and she sits to the right of my desk where I work at home.
We chat a lot and one day I am going to commission someone to make me a dress just like hers...which I will of course wear with a funny white headscarf like the one she is rocking.
I have to be honest and say that until recently I had never thought about who 'Sara Moon' is. I guess I imagined she was a hippy chick who idly spent the 1970s twirling her long hair and painting these ethereal women. I had such a shock when I looked into 'her' background.
Turns out that 'Sara Moon' is a nom de plume for a MAN, a Persian artist whose real name is Bijan - he lives in Germany and started doing these pictures for commercial reasons when a publishing company in LA commissioned him in 1976. For a long time no one else really knew who 'Sara Moon' was either and there was big campaign online to find out who the artist was and if they were still alive.
The true story ruins it a bit really, but I still love his work. He apparently was oblivious to all the fuss being made about whom he might be as he didn't have a computer and he now teaches art part-time and has essentially retired.
Hi there , so he was a Male, was the lady he was painting called Sarah Moon perhaps, who was she … did he love her ???
Did you know that Sara Moon is actually a male??
I have 2 Sara Moon signed prints which I bought over 30 years ago, one is of ‘Moshgan’ and the other is ‘lisa’.
I have 4 Sarah Moon chrome framed pictures all frames say patent pending on the back of frames in the corner on black plastic.I have had them for 15 years all signed bought on car boot from man who found them I’m his daughters garage.. Never been out of frames very good condition. Could they be originals.?? I know one is Catherine & 1 is Lisa. They are a set.of four.
I have a sarah moon picture the one with white flowerd dress and white hat how much are they worth please