Arto Tchakmaktchian
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Arto Tchakmaktchian is a Canadian sculptor and painter
of Egyptian birth. A member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
, he began his professional studies at the age of 15 at the Art School of Panos Terlemezian
. In 1962 he won first prize at the International Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition in Prague for his sculpture Monument to the Victims of Hiroshima. The work was given by the USSR to the City of Hiroshima in 1964. In 1969 he was recipient of the Armenian Youth Union golden medal for his works Mother and Arno Babajanyan. In 1984 he won First Prize in the Wilfrid Pelletier Competition in Montreal for his bust of the competition's namesake
. The work is on permanent display in the entrance hall of Place des Arts
in Montreal. His works have also been exhibited at notable museums internationally, including the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
of Egyptian birth. A member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is a Canadian arts-related institution founded in 1880, under the patronage of the Governor General of Canada, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the Marquess of Lorne. Canadian landscape painter Homer Watson was a member and president of the Academy...
, he began his professional studies at the age of 15 at the Art School of Panos Terlemezian
Panos Terlemezian
Panos Terlemezian was an Armenian painter, recognized with the People's Artist of Armenian SSR title in 1935. One of the leaders of Van Resistance, 1915....
. In 1962 he won first prize at the International Contemporary Ceramics Exhibition in Prague for his sculpture Monument to the Victims of Hiroshima. The work was given by the USSR to the City of Hiroshima in 1964. In 1969 he was recipient of the Armenian Youth Union golden medal for his works Mother and Arno Babajanyan. In 1984 he won First Prize in the Wilfrid Pelletier Competition in Montreal for his bust of the competition's namesake
Wilfrid Pelletier
Joseph Louis Wilfrid Pelletier , CC was a Canadian conductor, pianist, composer, and arts administrator. He was instrumental in establishing the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, serving as the orchestra's first artistic director and conductor from 1935-1941...
. The work is on permanent display in the entrance hall of Place des Arts
Place des Arts
right|frame|View of the Place des Arts esplanade. The Musée d'art contemporain is on the left; behind it is the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, with the Théâtre Maisonneuve on the rightPlace des Arts is a major performing arts centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
in Montreal. His works have also been exhibited at notable museums internationally, including the Louvre Museum in Paris.