Master Sanatizadeh was born in 1916 in Kerman.
He was only six month old when his father passed away ,since his mother wasn't able to take care of him late Haj Ali Akbar Sanati the founder of" Sanati" orphanage took care of him. Seyed Ali Akbar found his talent of painting when he was eight years old .After he finished his primary education Haj Ali Akbar sent him to Tehran so that he could go to Kamalolmolk school which had the best masters in art such as: Abol Hossein Khan Sedighi, Hossein Khan Sheikhi and ALi Rokhsaz.He got his Bachelor of Art in 1940 in the feild of Art then he returned to Kerman to pay his debt to the orphanage he was raised in there for he selected 40 orphans to teach .
In 1945 he went to Tehran and with the help of Abdol Hossein Sanati he opened a museum in Toopkhooneh square and donated it to Shir khorshid. In 1946 he opened the first anthropology museum which was welcomed by a lot of people .In 1951 he opened an other museum in college street which had all his artwork but some of them were transfered to Kermsn in 1977. In 1978 some people broke into the museum and perished some of his artwork and stoled the rest ,the only things left from the museum were some pictures of his house.
By the age of 80 he created the number of 6000 paintings of oil color,water color and hundreds of statues of stone,marbel and bronze.What we can say about him is that he understood poeple of his time very well and tried to show the life of poor in his artwork . In 1973 Abol Hossein Sanatizadeh passed away after four years with the help of Haj Ali Akbar's grand son Homayoon Sanatizadeh he built a new building by the name of "Sanati Museum " in the center of the orphanage which had some of his
paintings , statutes and some of other artists such as Kamamolmolk.
What is understood from his artwork is his relationship with the poeple of his time .He always remembered the life of the orphans of the orphanage and tried to show it in his artwork so we can call his work mystic. The subject of his work was about poele of society or the ones who tried to help others .The subject that he cared about alot and maybe was about his past was the feeling and love of a mother who held her child in her arms which was painted in 1982.
Statues:
Most of his statues were about anthropology which tried to show the history. Some subjects were about poor people or prisoners likeThe tablet of a prisoner in prison which was made in 1950. The rest of his subjects were about other Iranian and foreign artists such as : Malekoshoaraye Bahar, Dehkhoda,Amir Kabir,Ferdosi,Gandi, ... .
Art work made with mosaic and stone:
The artwork made from tile and marbel were put flat next to each other .Most of them were stones with different veins and textures and were put togetheter in a nice way.His tablets were made of natural stones .The tablet of the retsing place of Shah Nemat allah vali in Mahan which was made in 1976 or the tablet of the "shepherd and his fold " which was made in 1942 from colored stones or the tablet of the "blacksmith" which was made in 1946 from mosaic and stone are good examples of his work.