Background
Diranian was born in Istanbul 1854 and studied art at the school of drawing and painting opened on Hamalbaşi Street in Beyoglu by the French artist Pierre Desire Guillemet in 1875.
Diranian was born in Istanbul 1854 and studied art at the school of drawing and painting opened on Hamalbaşi Street in Beyoglu by the French artist Pierre Desire Guillemet in 1875.
Originally from the Ottoman Empire, he was established for many years in Paris. His painting The Enchantress was exhibitied in the photography studio of the Abdullah Freres in Beyoglu in 1883, and on the proceeds from its sale he went to Paris and worked in the studio of Jean-Léon Gérômedical In the year 1883 or 1884, while still in Paris, he was awarded the Mecidiye order by the Ottoman government, and in 1887 the Ottoman Ministry of Education began to pay him a monthly allowance.
In 1889 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, and until 1910 he participated in the exhibitions of the Societe des Artistes Francais in Paris.
In 1908 he held a one-person exhibition in Paris and in 1909 participated in a mixed exhibition in Munich. He died in Paris in 1918.