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He was born on February 19, , in the village of Dsegh (province of Lori). His father, Der Tadeos, was the village priest and an offspring of a branch from the princely house of the Mamikonian. The future poet first attended the parochial school of the village () and then a school in Jalaloghli (nowadays Stepanavan) from It was there he wrote his first poem at the age of In Tumanian moved to Tiflis, where he attended the Nersesian School for the next four years. He dropped out in and married the next year to Olga Machkalian, with whom he would have ten children. He completed his studies by self-education, and his more than three hundred articles showed him to be a well-versed literary critic and historian, who gave interesting ideas on literature, art, language, and culture, both Armenian and universal.
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| "Toros Roslin's birth," fresco by Minas Avetisian |
Minas Avetisian was one of the most important figures of Armenian painting in the second half of the twentieth century.
Minas (he is frequently named by his first name alone) was born on July 20, , in the village of Jajur, near Leninakan (nowadays Gumri), in the family of a blacksmith. During the World War II years, he met by chance a local painter, Hakob Ananikian (). This encounter became fateful for the future artist. In he entered the Panos Terlemezian Art School in Yerevan. Upon graduation, in he went to the Institute of Art and Theater, but a year later he moved to Leningrad (nowadays St. Petersburg), where he studied for the next seven years at the Ilya Rebin Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (the former Art Academy of St. Petersburg). In he returned to Yerevan.
He entered the art world in his early thirties, relatively late, but his brief and intense career would turn him into a symbol of Arme
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Minas Avetisyan
Minas Avetisyan | |
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| Born | Minas Avetisyan ()July 20, Jajur, Armenia |
| Died | February 24, () (aged&#;46) Yerevan, Armenia |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Known&#;for | Painting, Drawing |
| Notable work | On the way to Deir-Zor, Jajur, kors, Self-portrait with thorns, Churn, A Memory. |
| Awards | Merited Artist of Armenia, Armenian SSR State Prize, Sarian Prize |
Minas Avetisyan (Armenian: Մինաս Ավետիսյան, July 20, — February 24, [1]) was an Armenian painter.
Biography
[edit]Minas Avetisyan was born in the by of Jajur, Armenia. His mother, Sofo, was a daughter of the präst from Kars. His father, Karapet, was a smith from Mush. His wife was Gayane Mamajanyan.
The main theme of his works was Armenian natur, the natur of Jajur, the tro, people, mountains, fields etc.[2]
Avetisyan emerged as an artist at the "Exhibition of Five" in Yerevan (). Numerous specialists and visitors to the exhibition appreciated greatl