Large brass wall sculpture by Bijan J. Bijan 1980 - signed Bijan 80 - Bio: Bijan (1936-2916), was a major force in the mid-century metal art movement and considered by many to be “The Father of Metal Sculpture.†Bijan was born in Tehran, Iran in 1936 as Bijan Jazai Shokatfard. He came to United State in the spring of 1959, to become a "Doctor," fulfilling his mother's wishes. Medicine was not his calling, but art was. No one knew that at the time except Bijan himself. In 1972, he became an American citizen. He changed his name to Bijan J. Bijan because he was already very well known by the name Bijan nationwide as a sculptor, so the last name Bijan was the natural choice.