Mıgırdiç Civanyan ( hy, Մկրտիչ Ճիվանեան, 1848 – February 14, 1906) was an Ottoman

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painter.

Life

Mıgırdiç Civanyan was born in the

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district of

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in 1848. In 1874, he met with famed Russian-Armenian painter

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, whose work inspired Civanyan to incorporate much of the love for the sea into his own paintings. Already knowing Italian, Civanyan went to Italy in 1876 and remained there until 1879. Due to the

Hamidian massacres The Hamidian massacres also called the Armenian massacres, were massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in the mid-1890s. Estimated casualties ranged from 100,000 to 300,000, Akçam, Taner (2006) '' A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide an ...

of Armenians, Civanyan sought refuge in

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in the spring of 1894.

Style and Subject Matter

Mıgırdiç Civanyan is known for painting landscapes of Constantinople, especially that of the

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Gallery

File:Megerdich Jivanian - Said Paşa Waterfront Mansion - Google Art Project.jpg, Said Paşa Waterfront Mansion File:Megerdich Jivanian (from Thomas Allom) - A Coffee House in Tophane - Google Art Project.jpg, A Coffee House in Tophane File:M. Chivanyan, Sunset on the sea, 1900s.jpg, Sunset on the Sea File:Maidens Tower by Mgirdic Civanyan.jpg File:civanyanlighthouse.jpg File:Civanyansteamboat.jpg File:Civanyanbosphorus.jpg

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Civanyan, Migirdic 1848 births 1906 deaths Armenian painters Armenians from the Ottoman Empire Artists from Istanbul Ethnic Armenian painters 19th-century painters from the Ottoman Empire Survivors of the Hamidian massacres