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Khachatran finished the Repin Institute of Arts.
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Shahen Khachatrian
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He is the founding director of the Arshile Gorky Museum in Etchmiadzin. In 1946, their family moved to Soviet Armenia. In 1967 Martiros Sarian appointed Khachatrian as the head of his museum.
He directed the Martiros Sarian Museum for over 40 years.
In 1991, Shahen Khachatrian also was appointed the head of National Gallery of Armenia. He enriched the gallery"s collection with about 500 pieces purchased and collected from different countries and Armenian Diaspora.
He led the gallery for 13 years. Khachatrian published books dedicated to Sarian, Hakobian, Minas and Ayvazovski.
He organized 60 exhibitions.
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