Minas Avetisyan
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Minas Avetisyan was a painter
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, Armenia
. His mother, Sofo, was a daughter of the priest from Kars
. His father, Karapet, was a smith from Mush
. His wife was Gayane Mamajanyan.
The main theme of his works was Armenian nature, the nature of Jajur
, poor people, mountains, fileds etc.
Avetisyan emerged as an artist at the "Exhibition of Five" in Yerevan (1962). Numerous specialists and visitors to the exhibition apperiated greatly his work. Avetisian's method differs from the method of plein-air painting which was once widespread in Armenian art. For him working form nature is no more than a prelimiary stage. The main portion of the work on the canvas was done in his studio.
In 1972, while Avetisyan was in Jajur
with his family, his studio and many of his canvas were burned down. Some of the burned pictures were later reproduced from photographs taken earlier.
In his paintings, Avetisyan uses bright and unmixed colors that are juxtaposed with each other to form bold shapes that are clearly defined.
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...
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Biography
Minas Avetisyan was born in the village of JajurJajur
Jajur is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. It is the birthplace of a talented Armenian painter Minas Avetisyan....
, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
. His mother, Sofo, was a daughter of the priest from Kars
Kars
Kars is a city in northeast Turkey and the capital of Kars Province. The population of the city is 73,826 as of 2010.-Etymology:As Chorzene, the town appears in Roman historiography as part of ancient Armenia...
. His father, Karapet, was a smith from Mush
Mus
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. His wife was Gayane Mamajanyan.
The main theme of his works was Armenian nature, the nature of Jajur
Jajur
Jajur is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. It is the birthplace of a talented Armenian painter Minas Avetisyan....
, poor people, mountains, fileds etc.
Avetisyan emerged as an artist at the "Exhibition of Five" in Yerevan (1962). Numerous specialists and visitors to the exhibition apperiated greatly his work. Avetisian's method differs from the method of plein-air painting which was once widespread in Armenian art. For him working form nature is no more than a prelimiary stage. The main portion of the work on the canvas was done in his studio.
In 1972, while Avetisyan was in Jajur
Jajur
Jajur is a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia. It is the birthplace of a talented Armenian painter Minas Avetisyan....
with his family, his studio and many of his canvas were burned down. Some of the burned pictures were later reproduced from photographs taken earlier.
In his paintings, Avetisyan uses bright and unmixed colors that are juxtaposed with each other to form bold shapes that are clearly defined.
External links
- Minas Avetisyan in the films of Mikhail Vartanov at PARAJANOV.com