Abbas Rassam Arjangi is an Iranian painter, illustrator, and cartoonist. He was one of the realist painters and academicians of Iran who turned to this style under the influence of the Russian art tradition. In some of his works, he had an eye toward Russian impressionism and socialist realism. Abbas was a descendant of Mr. Mirak, a famous Safavid period painter. Between 1910 and 1914, he studied at the Tbilisi Painting Academy. At the same time, with the cooperation of a group of young people, he formed the "Iran Lovers Group" and published his first caricatures in the press with the signature of "Abai-e-al-Hosseini." Then he moved to the Moscow Art Academy and spent two years studying painting there. In 1916, he returned to Tbilisi and was arrested, but with his friend's help, he managed to escape the detention center and return to Iran. Then he settled in Tabriz, and with his brother, Mirmosavar Arjangi, he founded the Tabriz Sanyeh Mostazrafeh Art School in 1928 and started teaching art. In this school, which was later renamed Mirak Art Academy, he tried to promote his understanding of the Russian tradition of art, and by training many students, he formed the second influential stream of realism in Iranian art, parallel to the school of Kamal ol-Molk. Artists such as Ali Asghar Petgar and Abbas Katouzian emerged from this trend. 17 of his works were exhibited in Belgium in 1930. Rassam Arjangi later moved to Tehran and continued teaching art at Dar al-Funun school in 1941.

Arjanagi mainly painted portraits, landscapes, and historical subjects in a naturalistic manner. He was also active in miniature painting and book illustration. He was also an active artist in the social and political field, and his critical designs and cartoons were published in publications such as Nahid, Omid, and Nameh-ye-Payam.