Zareh Mutafian ( hy, Զարեհ Մութաֆյան; March 15, 1907 - May 11, 1980) was a French-Armenian painter.

Biography

He was born in

Samsun Samsun, historically known as Sampsounta ( gr, Σαμψούντα) and Amisos (Ancient Greek: Αμισός), is a List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, city on the north coast of Turkey and is a major Black Sea port. In 2021, Samsun reco ...

, on the seaside of

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then in the Ottoman Empire. Mutafian was the only one in his family who survived in 1915 genocide. In 1927 he entered to Milan Art Academy. In 1939 he moved to

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. He is the father of historian

Claude Mutafian Armen (Claude) Z. Moutafian (born 21 July 1942) is a French mathematician and a historian who specializes in Armenian history. Foreign Member of Armenian Academy of Sciences. He is the son of Zareh Mutafian. Biography Born in 1942 in Clamart, ...

. Influenced by Bonnard, Matisse and postimpressionist painters, he regularly displayed his work in exhibitions worldwide, from the 50s to the year of his death, in France, Beyrouth, United States and former Soviet Union. His paintings are gathered in private collections as well as in the National Gallery in

Erevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

. Besides, he also wrote in armenian several texts and books about the history of painting, esthetics, and issues relative to Armenia (many of which are collected in the french-armenian book ''Chant d'Arménie'', published the year after his death. His most recent exhibition takes place at the Mairie of the 5th Arrondissement of

, next to the Place du

Panthéon The Panthéon (, from the Classical Greek word , , ' empleto all the gods') is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the , in the centre of the , which was named after it. The edifice was b ...

, between May 6 and May 25, 2013.

External links

Zareh Mutafian- Armclair Zareh Mutafian Paris 2015 Exposition website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mutafian, Zareh 1907 births 1980 deaths People from Samsun Armenian genocide survivors 20th-century Armenian painters Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to France