Knarik Grigori Vardanyan (; 1914–1996) was an Armenian Soviet artist, best known as a painter, and printmaker. She was awarded the title, Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1967).

Biography

Knarik Vardanyan was born on 24 November 1914 in Kaftarli village (now known as Panik),

Alexandropol uezd The Alexandropol uezd, known after 1924 as the Leninakan uezd, was a county (''uezd'') of the Erivan Governorate of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. The ''uezd'' bordered the governorate's Etchmiadzin and Nor Bayazet ''uezds'' to t ...

, Caucasus Viceroyalty,

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. She graduated in 1933 from Leninakan Construction Technical College (now known as Gyumri State Technical College). The following year from 1933 to 1934, Vardanyan worked in

Alexander Tamanian Alexander Tamanian (, March 4, 1878 – February 20, 1936) was a Russian-born Armenian neoclassical architect, well known for his work in the city of Yerevan. Life and work Tamanian was born in the city of Yekaterinodar in 1878 in the family ...

's architectural studio as an assistant. In 1941, she graduated from Panos Terlemezyan State College of Fine Arts; followed by a graduation in 1950 from Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts and Theater; and study from 1950 to 1952 in the painting department at the House of Armenian Culture in Moscow, under B. V. Johanson. From 1942 to 1944, she worked as the main artist in the

Hovhannes Tumanyan Puppet Theatre of Yerevan The Hovhannes Tumanyan Puppet Theatre of Yerevan, officially the Yerevan State Puppet Theatre named after Hovhannes Tumanyan ( hy, Երևանի Հովհաննես Թումանյանի անվան Պետական Տիկնիկային Թատրոն 'Y ...

, and helped create a number of performances. Starting in 1950, Vardanyan was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). She was married to opera singer (1911–2004). Vardanyan painted on the theme of the everyday life of a working man. In the 1960s and 1970s, she started changing her line work and color palette to reflect on nature. She had solo exhibitions in Yerevan (1965, 1978, 1981), Leninakan (1981),

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(1981), Yeghegnadzor (1982), and

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(1982). Many of her artworks can be found in museum collections, including an extensive collection at the

National Gallery of Armenia The National Gallery of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի ազգային պատկերասրահ, ''Hayastani azgayin patkerasrah'') is the largest art museum in Armenia. Located on Yerevan's Republic Square, the museum has one of the most prominent ...

. She died on 25 December 1996 in

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