Sunday, April 22, 2012

Raphael Shishmanian (1885-1959)


The old brige of Espalione, 1937

Raphael Shishmanian ( or Chichmanian ) was born in Egin, in 1885.He went to Paris in 1908 to study a Painting at Academie Julian.Raphael Shishmanian was also known as Art historian, he wrote famous Armenian graphic artist Edgar Chahine's biography in 1956.

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