Minas Avetisyan (, July 20, 1928 — February 24, 1975) was an Armenian painter.
Biography
Minas Avetisyan was born in the village of
Jajur,
Soviet Armenia
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...
. His mother, Sofo, was a daughter of the priest from
Kars
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. His father, Karapet, was a smith from
Mush
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. His wife was Gayane Mamajanyan.
The main theme of his works was Armenian nature, the nature of
Jajur, the religion, poor people, mountains, fields etc.
ational Library of Armenia, Minas Avetisyan (1928-1975).
Avetisyan emerged as an artist at the "Exhibition of Five" in Yerevan (1962). Numerous specialists and visitors to the exhibition appreciated greatly his work. Avetisian's method differs from the method of plein-air painting which was once widespread in Armenian art. For him working from nature was no more than a preliminary stage, and the main portion of the work on the canvas was done in his studio.
In 1967, he first appeared on film in the censored and suppressed documentary
The Color of Armenian Land by his friend
Mikhail Vartanov
Mikhail Vartanov (russian: Михаил Вартанов, links=no, hy, Միքայել Վարդանով, links=no, french: Mikhaïl Vartanov, links=no; b. February 21, 1937, RSFSR, Soviet Union, now Russian Federation, d. December 31, 2009, Holl ...
.
In 1975, Avetisyan died under the wheels of the car, which stopped off at the sidewalk. According to some sources, he was murdered by the
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
.
Minas: Rekviem
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See also
*House Museum of Minas Avetisyan
The House museum of painter Minas Avetisyan was opened on July 21, 1982, in Jajur, Armenia, the village where he was born. In 1988 it was destroyed because of 1988 Armenian earthquake
The 1988 Armenian earthquake, also known as the Spitak ea ...
References
External links
Minas Avetisyan's biographyMinas Avetisyan in the films of Mikhail Vartanov
at PARAJANOV.com
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1928 births
1975 deaths
People from Shirak Province
Abstract expressionist artists
Ethnic Armenian painters
Soviet painters
Soviet Armenians
20th-century Armenian painters