Gregorio Sciltian (''Grigor Shildian''; hy, Գրիգոր Շիլտյան; 20 August 1900 – 1 April 1985) was an

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Biography

He was born into an Armenian family on 20 August 1900 in

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(now part of

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). After finishing the gymnasium in

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, he studied art at the Saint-Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. After the October Revolution he temporarily settled in

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. Then he studied at the Academy and the Museum of Fine Arts of

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. From 1923 to 1927 he lived in

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. He participated in the Biennale of Rome in 1925 and the

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in 1926. Then lived in Paris and Milan. He died in 1985 in Rome.

References

External links

«Il Faro Edizioni D´arte S.r.l.»

Works

Gregorio Sciltian
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sciltian, Gregorio 1900 births 1985 deaths Artists from Rostov-on-Don 20th-century Armenian painters Armenian portrait painters Italian portrait painters Russian portrait painters Trompe-l'œil artists Italian people of Armenian descent Russian people of Armenian descent