Sarkis Ordyan ( hy, Սարգիս Օրդյան; December 20, 1918 – 2003) was a

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n painter.

Biography

He was born to unknown parents in the village of Aigedzor, in the Shamshadin region of

(now part of the

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province). Ordyan was married to Arevhat Grigoryan and had two children, Rafik Ordyan and Anahit Ordyan. Ordyan left Armenia for

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where he lived for several years until settling in Ukraine. In the city of Odessa, he became known as "the Lonely Painter". Ordyan died in 2003, and is buried in Odessa, Ukraine. Few of Ordyan's works survive today. Some are in the possession of private collectors, some of which are in Armenia.

References

* Kardashian, Albert. ''"Karhat Ghoolali Aigedzor"'' Mankavarj publishing, Yerevan 1999. 1918 births 2003 deaths People from Tavush Province Ukrainian people of Armenian descent 20th-century Ukrainian painters 20th-century Ukrainian male artists 20th-century Armenian painters Ukrainian male painters Soviet painters {{Ukraine-painter-stub