Friday, August 7, 2015

Hovhannes Alkhazian (1881-1958)






 He was born in Van and  Studied in Georgia-Tiflis, then settled down in Paris, where he established for himself a reputation as a painter. His paintings exceeds well over 200 paintings.

Harutyun Galentz (1908-1967)



Harutyun Galentz was an Armenian Painter and one of the founders of the Union of painters of Lebanon. He was born in Sivas then he migrated to Lebanon, where he began his career. In 1946 Harutyun Galentz with his family, his wife and eldest son immigrated to Soviet Armenia.

Vardges Surenyants (1860-1921)

 
Vardges Surenyants was a Armenian painter, printmaker, designer and art theorist.As an artist he had a vast reservoir of themes and genres and equally broad humanistic concern.

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Alexander Saroukhan (1898-1977)


Alexander Saroukhan was a cartoonist for newspapers in Alexandria and Cairo from 1925 to 1977.He was born in Constantinople and educated in Europe, Alexander Saroukhan was a pioneer in what today in the Middle East is an increasingly important contribution to the Arab press: the editorial cartoon.