Hovhannes Avetisyan

June 12, 1939 (age 61)

Armenia

The main themes of his works were Armenian landscape, still life, mountains, fields et cetera Hovhannes"s father went to the war and didn"t return. He had a grandmother and she brought them up. They had a very hard life. In 1946 Hovhannes Avetisian entered the school and he left it in 1956. So Hovhannes had to earn a living for himself. In his early years he began to work at the furniture factory. He worked from early morning till late at night to help his family. Avetissyan took part in the exhibitions to present Armenian’s Art in Sri Lanka, Bulgaria, India, Syria, Finland, Canada and Italy in 967-1986. He also took part in the exhibitions in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics: Kiev, Tbilisi, Vilnius, Moscow, Street.Petersburg and Warsaw. His first exhibition took place in 1974, however, he got to be famous and known after his second individual exhibition which was held in Yerevan in 1977. His large composition canvases, make a great impression. Hovhannes was one of the first artists who dedicated the Great Genocide -‘’Der Zor’’, ‘’Komitas’’, ‘’Antuni’’, et cetera his series of Still Life which is full of as if materialized feeling and melody is worth seeing. Hovhannes was also good at doing the joiner’s work. The furniture made by him is of various shapes with delicate and luxurious carvings. Unfortunately, the artist"s art gallery was destroyed and many of his paintings were stolen, and spoilt during the earthquake 1988, in Gyumri-Leninakan.In spite of the difficulties after earthquake, he was continuing creating in his new gallery from 1988 to 1997. Besides paintings Hovhannes Avetisian was writing poems as well as and his collection of poems was published posthumously in 2002. He committed his whole life to Fine Arts. He died in 2000.

Hovhannes Avetisyan

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Background

He was born on 12 July 1939 in Gyumri (Leninakan) Soviet Armenia. When he was only one year old his mother died.

Education

Meanwhile, he studied at the art school after Merkurov.

Career

The main themes of his works were Armenian landscape, still life, mountains, fields et cetera Hovhannes"s father went to the war and didn"t return. He had a grandmother and she brought them up.

They had a very hard life.

In 1946 Hovhannes Avetisian entered the school and he left it in 1956. So Hovhannes had to earn a living for himself.

In his early years he began to work at the furniture factory. He worked from early morning till late at night to help his family.

Avetissyan took part in the exhibitions to present Armenian’s Art in Sri Lanka, Bulgaria, India, Syria, Finland, Canada and Italy in 967-1986.

He also took part in the exhibitions in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics: Kiev, Tbilisi, Vilnius, Moscow, Street.Petersburg and Warsaw. His first exhibition took place in 1974, however, he got to be famous and known after his second individual exhibition which was held in Yerevan in 1977. His large composition canvases, make a great impression.

Hovhannes was one of the first artists who dedicated the Great Genocide -‘’Der Zor’’, ‘’Komitas’’, ‘’Antuni’’, et cetera his series of Still Life which is full of as if materialized feeling and melody is worth seeing.

Hovhannes was also good at doing the joiner’s work. The furniture made by him is of various shapes with delicate and luxurious carvings.

Unfortunately, the artist"s art gallery was destroyed and many of his paintings were stolen, and spoilt during the earthquake 1988, in Gyumri-Leninakan.In spite of the difficulties after earthquake, he was continuing creating in his new gallery from 1988 to 1997. Besides paintings Hovhannes Avetisian was writing poems as well as and his collection of poems was published posthumously in 2002.

He committed his whole life to Fine Arts.

He died in 2000.

Achievements

He was a man of hard destiny, but a winner, who was equally talented both as an artist and a poet.

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