Yerevan State Academy Of Fine Arts
State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia (SAFAA, hy, Հայաստանի գեղարվեստի պետական ակադեմիա), is a state-owned public university located in Yerevan, Armenia. Founded in 1946, operating jointly with the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography, the Fine Arts Academy had become independent since 1994. The academy is located on 36 Isahakyan street of the central Kentron District of Yerevan. The rector of the academy is Professor Aram Issabekyan. History Renowned sculptor Ara Sargsian and the father of Armenian fine arts Martiros Saryan made several trips to Moscow for negotiations with the committee leaders to get permission. Finally, in the spring of 1944 a permission by the USSR relevant committee to open Fine Arts Institute was granted, which was approved in July 1945 by a decree of the Armenian Central Committee and the Council of People’s Commissars. First entrance exams were held in the summer of 1945. The sculptor Ara Sargsian ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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State School
State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools ( Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation. State funded schools exist in virtually every country of the world, though there are significant variations in their structure and educational programmes. State education generally encompasses primary and secondary education (4 years old to 18 years old). By country Africa South Africa In South Africa, a state school or government school refers to a school that is state-controlled. These are officially called public schools according to the South African Schools Act of 1996, but it is a term that is not used colloquially. The Act recognised two categories of schools: public and independent. Independent schools include all private schools and schools that are privately governed. Independent schools with l ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arkady Baghdasaryan (Arko)
Arkady Baghdasaryan (Arko) ( , 25 August 1945 - 2022), artist. Honored artist of Armenia, People's Artist of Armenia. One of Armenia’s first abstractionists. Biography Born on 25 August 1945 in Baku. In 1971 Arko Baghdasaryan graduated from Yerevan Theatre – Art Institute, the Department of Painting. Since 1968 Baghdasaryan participated in the Republican and International Exhibitions in Armenia, Russia, United States, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Belgium, Japan, Luxembourg, etc. Since 1990 he has been exhibiting his work in solo and group exhibitions throughout Germany. In 2009 Arko participated in group exhibition entitled "Yerevan, my love" in HayArt centerof Yerevan. Since 1976 he is a member of Artists' Union of Armenia, since 1994 the member of International Association of Professional Artists. Arko Baghdasaryan’s works are in museums and galleries, private or personal collections of Armenia, Russia and other foreign countries. Exhibitions *1975 – Ye ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Saint Petersburg Art And Industry Academy
The Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design (Санкт-Петербургская художественно-промышленная академия имени А. Л. Штиглица; abbreviated as СПГХПА) is the oldest school of design in Russia. It occupies a parcel of land immediately to the east of the Summer Garden in Saint Petersburg. History It was set up in Saint Petersburg in 1876 by Baron Alexander von Stieglitz (1814–84), a millionaire philanthropist, as the School of Technical Drawing. The Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts was founded in 1878 for the benefit of its students. The school building was designed by Maximilian Messmacher (the school's director, until 1896). By the end of the century, the Central School had branches in Yaroslavl, Saratov, and Narva. In 1945, by decision of the Soviet Government School of Technical Drawing, it was re-established as the College of Art and Design which provides training in the monumental ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec. The Duchy of Bohemia was founded in the late 9th century under Great Moravia. It was formally recognized as an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire in 1002 and became a kingdom in 1198. Following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, the whole Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg monarchy. The Protestant Bohemian Revolt led to the Thirty Years' War. After the Battle of White Mountain, the Habsburgs consolidated their rule. With the dissolution of the Holy Empire in 1806, the Cro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tomas Bata University In Zlín
Tomas Bata University in Zlín (TBU), ( Czech ''Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně''), is a Czech public university in the Moravian city of Zlín, comprising six faculties offering courses in technology, economics, humanities, arts and health care. The university was named after the entrepreneur Tomáš Baťa, the founder of the shoe industry in Zlín. With a current student population of more than 9,200, TBU is among the medium-sized Czech universities. History TBU in Zlín came from the 40-year tradition of the Faculty of Technology, which was established in Zlín in 1969. This faculty was founded in 1960 as a vocational college for the Svit factory, and it was a part of the Technical University in Bratislava. In 1963 it became a part of the Technical University in Brno. This faculty had been educating specialists in leather, plastics and rubber technology for a long time. Later another vocational college in the town was established - the Design department, which is stil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin. Its eighteen integral regions (five of which are overseas) span a combined area of and contain clos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Valery Geghamyan
Valery Arutyunovich Geghamyan (April 7, 1925, Garni, Armenia – September 11, 2000, Odessa, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian artist of Armenian origin, teacher, founder and dean of the art and graphics faculty at the Odessa Pedagogical Institute (1965-1968). Biography Born on April 7, 1925 in the Armenian village of Garni. Valery's father, Harutyun Khanagyan, was an actor, a well-known comedian from Yerevan. The father was repressed. Valery's mother came from the old princely family of Ter-Meliksitsian, which was also unsafe in those days. The boy was given the surname Geghamyan, derived from the name of his grandfather, whose name was Gegham. In the early 1940s he entered the Yerevan Art College. From 1945 to 1951 he studied with Martiros Saryan at the Yerevan Art Institute. Since 1953, Valery Geghamyan worked as a leading artist in the section of monumental painting at the Art Fund of the USSR in Moscow, which he entered on the recommendation of Saryan. Since 1957 the artist ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Suren Nazaryan
Suren Nazaryan ( hy, Սուրեն Բենիամինի Նազարյան; July 30, 1929 – January 15, 1999) was an Armenian sculptor. Biography He was born in Yerevan, Armenia. He received his professional education at Yerevan’s Panos Terlemezyan Fine Arts College, from 1947 to 1951. He continued his education at Yerevan’s State Fine Arts and Theatre Institute from 1951 to 1957. He began his career by participating in several art exhibitions organized by the Union of Artists. His artistic talent, professional skills, and consistent participation in different art shows, secured his membership to the Union of Artists of the USSR. Early works of his career are mainly figurative realistic compositions. One of his first recognized works is a multi-figure composition called ''Political Prisoners''. In 1959, it was chosen for the permanent exposition at Yerevan’s State History Museum of Armenia. Another early work is a single-figure composition called "In the Beginning of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Levon Manaseryan
Levon Manaseryan (; June 3, 1925 – September 12, 2019) was an Armenian artist and university professor. Biography Levon Manaseryan was born in the city Vagharshapat, Armenia. 1943–1944 Participated in the World War II. 1951 Artist at the Vagharshapat theatre. 1953 Graduated from the Yerevan Art & Theatre Institute. 1958 Member of the Armenian Union of Artists. 1961 The First Prize at a National Contest for the poster "The Hero of Gugarats Land". 1963 Instructor in the Chair of Drawing and Painting, Yerevan Polytechnic Institute. 1971 Award of the Ministry of Education of the Armenian SSR for his ABC Text book. 1980 Docent at the Chair of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, Yerevan Polytechnic Institute 1983 Honored Artist of Armenia. 1983 Medal "Высшая Школа СССР " ("Higher School of the USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Seyran Khatlamajyan
Seiran Khatlamadjian ( hy, Սեյրան Խաթլամաջյան or Սէյրան Խաթլամաճեան; April 20, 1937 - September 14, 1994) was a prominent Armenian painter, graphic artist, and public figure. He is considered as one of the founding fathers of the Armenian abstract art movement.Generation of the Seventies — From Friedemann Stöckert’s Collection. Essays by Tatjana Kalugina, Alexandr Borowskij and Elena Basner. Friedemann Stöckert (author). CH. Schroer, 2012, p. 260 Life Seiran Khatlamadjian born April 20, 1937 in the village of Chaltyr near Rostov-on-Don. His parents were dispossessed landowners. Since childhood, Seiran was fascinated by drawing and at the age of 14 starts his study at children's art school in Rostov-on-Don. In 1953 he entered Mitrofan Grekov School of Art in Rostov-on-Don and graduated from the School in 1959 with honors. Then Seiran Khatlamadjian moved to Yerevan, Armenia and enrolled in 1959 in Yerevan Fine Arts and Theater Institute, gra ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grigor Khanjyan
Grigor Khanjyan ( hy, Գրիգոր Խանջյան; 29 November 1926 – 19 April 2000) was a Soviet-Armenian artist, painter, and illustrator. He is most notable for his illustrations of historical novels and poems, and murals and tapestries on historical topics. In 1983 Khanjyan was appointed a member of the highest order of chivalry in Soviet art (only 159 members during Soviet history) – the " People's Artist of Soviet Union". Biography Early years Khanjyan was born in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia. He was the fourth and last child of Sebuh and Verginie - genocide survivors from Yerznka, who settled in Armenia in 1920. Grigor mentioned on several occasions that a doctor had advised his mother, already in relatively advanced age, to get pregnant in order to avoid some health problems and that is the reason for him to be conceived. Soon after Sovietization of Armenia, Sebuh had to leave his main profession and become an accountant. Grigor had one elder brother who became a musician. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stella Grigoryan
Stella Grigoryan (, born on November 4, 1989 in Aragatsavan) is an Armenian artist, sculptor, teacher. Career Stella Grigoryan was born in 1989 in Aragatsavan, Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. From 2010 -2014 she studied at sculpture department of Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts. She got her master's degree from State Pedagogical University after Kh. Abovyan. Since 2016 Stella teaches at the "Mughdusyan" Art Center. Exhibitions * Youth competition in 2013 * "Bronze and volume", 2013 * Exhibition-competition dedicated to the feast of St. Sargis, 2014 * Republican Sculpture Exhibition, 2014 * Exhibition dedicated to Armenian Genocide- «After 100 years», 2015 Awards * St. Sargis Award, 2015 * St. Sargis Award, 2016 * Art Fest 2016 international youth festival, for best sculptural work * Armenian Genocide 100th anniversary of "The past in present" contest-winning exhibition Gallery Ֆրանսիական առավոտ շարքից, 2012.jpg, French morning series, 2012 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |