Sohrab Sepehri has been entitled the poet and painter of nature.

In 1948 He left his hometown, Kashan, to go to Tehran and study at fine arts faculty at Tehran University till 1953. In 1949, He was introduced to and cooperated with "Khorous Jangi" (Fighting Cock) society led by Jalil Ziapour. He published his first poetry book in 1951titled "Marg-e-Rang". He left for France in 1957 to continue his studies and enrolled in Lithography classes at the Fine Arts School.
His works were presented at the first and second Tehran Biennial.

Sepehri's interest in the far east caused him to travel to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China. He visited Japan in 1960 where he learned wood engraving. Next year, upon his return to Iran, he exhibited his artworks in "Reza Abbasi Hall" which became a turning point in introducing his artistic method and style and established him as an artist with personal style. He then traveled to European, Asian, and American Countries multiple times to exhibit his artworks. In 1977 he published the Anthology of his poetry in the “Hasht Ketab” collection.

Sepehri's attention and interest in Nature through using and minimalizing its existing elements shape a great deal of his most notable works. Recording poetic moments by watercolor or gouache with fast and free brushstrokes were inspired by abstract painting.
many of Sepehri's artworks reflect a combination of western and eastern visual elements. His half-abstract paintings of tree trunks in 70s shaped a new approach in his artworks.

Karim Imami note on Sepehri's painting reads: "The period when he made his famous works, He mostly painted corners of nature in absolute simplicity and plainness - they are almost abstract paintings, but Sepehri rarely paints a whole subject. The painting wants to say I'm a part of a whole. Reconstruct or see the other parts of me in your head or search the real world to find the unpainted parts.”