Rubik Kocharian is a fine artist living and working in California. To date in his prolific career, he has produced over 1,000 original oil paintings and drawings.
Rubik was born in 1940 in Yerevan, Armenia. His family was exiled to Siberia in 1946 during Stalin’s regime. Rubik studied under Ivan Pavlov, a Russian artist in exile. In 1953, his family returned to Yerevan where he entered the Terlemezian Art School, studying under several well known Armenian artists. In 1955, Rubik entered Moscow School of Art and had the opportunity to study Old Masters at the Pushkin Museum. He returned to Yerevan in 1959 where he worked with leading influential artists and received his Masters Degree in Fine Arts from Yerevan State Art Institute in 1968. Rubik participated in many shows in Armenia and throughout the former Soviet Union.Rubik emigrated to the United States in 1974, arriving in this country with no money and no paintings, which he was forced to leave behind in Russia. During the hardship of his early years in America, Rubik managed to establish a studio on Madison Avenue in New York City and filled his studio with newly created paintings. He exhibited in numerous galleries in New York and Washington, DC.
From 1980 to 1982, Rubik created a series of paintings in Greece on a commission by a collector. In 1986, Rubik relocated to Los Angeles where he was represented by Heritage Gallery and other venues. He has been living in Clovis, California since 1996. Rubik’s paintings are in private collections and have been featured in museums in Russia and America.
You can follow his creations on his official Facebook page!
Bellow a small selection of his wonderful art.
Thank you very much for this post. It’s a great discovery for me . I just found his official website as well and I am enjoying his wonderful works…
Great, he’s definitely a wonderful artist. I used some of the pictures from his official website I linked to his website in the post (the link is in his name). He has some high quality depictions of his work there, which are all wonderful. I just which he had uploaded more of such high quality prints. The pictures on his Facebook are sometimes of lesser quality which is pity because his wonderful work should be admired at best quality is my opinion 🙂
I am touched by this comment
Thank you!
My apologies for belated responce
Rubik
Thanks for stopping by Rubik we all very much enjoy your wonderful work. God Bless!
I am glad to be in touch with you. I am interested in origin of the word AMAZON and about history of Amazons in Armenia. To say just few words: A -Ma – Zon. Armenian Anatolian goddess is mentioned. Azeries claim that Amazons lived in their country. Pontos had Amazon queen and it gives chance to claim their origin from Turkey etc… Greeks claim that their origin is Greek. They are in India up to now. What’s your view on it. On the internet last year I have read that the word is Armenian but there is nothing like that… Read more »
Yes I’ve read about it as well. It is save to say Amazons inhabited parts of Armenian highlands and are connected with early Indo-European culture as is recorded by Greeks and others. Amazons where not Greeks that’s certain as Greeks described them as a foreign people. As for the Azeri and Turkic claims well Turkey didn’t exist in the middle ages, let alone the antiquity. Same goes for Azerbaijan as it used to be a Christian country called Akhvank (Caucasian Albania). So there naturally can’t be a connection with these people. Altough the lands Turks and Azeris now occupy could… Read more »
Thank you for the reply. I see now why my painting “Amazons in the Temple” that I have posted on March 9 went unnoticed.
Amazons were dominating Armenia for hundred years, but I wasn’t able to find dates and names. I am looking forward to see what historians will say about Amazons in Armenia and origin of the word Amazon.
As soon as I get the word I’ll let you know and make a separate blog post about it with your paining as an illustration if you don’t mind that is. I also am planning to make another blog post with more of your paintings. If you are ok with it off course. Your artwork is very inspiring.
Do as you are saying. I’ll be happy to see it.
Thank you!
Thank you very much 😀
Thank you Ruzanna (I just found how to reply to your comment )
Gorgeous! I’m stealing! 😀
Thank you Tamar,
I hope my comments are in right way 🙂
You’re welcome! trully breathtaking!
Where can I find them? I love the Akhtamar especially 😀
Dear Tamar go to Google, search “Paintings by Rubik Kocharian” it will take you to my page on Facebook. For ” Achtamar” go to albums. It’s in gallery #1.
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