Edward Ter Ghazarian (founder of miniature art)
The world renowned Armenian micro miniaturist Edward Ghazaryan is considered the founder of the unique art of micro miniature. In the 1950s the European press was abuzz about an Armenian man who claimed to create tiny works of art smaller than the eye of a needle. One German newspaper reader had his doubts and...
Enovk Nasariants (1868-1929)
Enovk Nasariants was an accomplished master of pastel. His live was one of hardship and deprivation. He moved to Tiflis (today Tbilisi in Georgia) and later to Alexandropol (today Gyumri in Armenia), where some his of work has been preserved. Of his portraits very few have survived elsewhere. His work illustrates refined knowledge of technique and the use of pastilles little known to artists of the region. On his portraits...
Ariel Agemian (Knight of St. Gregory) 1904-1963
Another talented painter worthy of mentioning is Ariel Agemian. He created imo. the most beautiful face of Christ (see below). A little info about the artist: Armenian artist, Ariel (Haroutin) Agemian is an artist-writer with the dual expression of idealist and materialistic art. He was always the artist who demonstrated the myriad of experiences and appearances in...
Valentin Podpomogov
One of my favorite Armenian artists whom I (regrettably) only recently discovered is Valentin Podpomogov. I would like to share some of his artwork with you. But first a little introduction. Valentin Podpomogov was born and raised in Yerevan, Armenia in 1924. He is considered one of the prominent painters of the Armenian historic genre. In...
