Vruir Galstian
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Vruir Galstian was an Armenian
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

 painter
Painting
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Biography

Vruir Galstian was born in 1924, in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan 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 industrial center of the country...

, Armenia
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. In 1958 he graduated from Panos Terlemezian Art College, Yerevan. From 1959 to 1964 he studied at Yerevan Fine Arts Institute.

Since 1962 he participated in exhibitions both in Armenia, and abroad (Argentina
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, Portugal
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, France
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, Germany
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, the United States
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, as well as the countries of the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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). He became a member of the Artist Union of Armenia in 1968.

His paintings are displayed in the National Gallery of Armenia
National Gallery of Armenia
The National Gallery of Armenia is one of the biggest museums of the Republic of Armenia, locate in its capital, Yerevan.-History:...

, the Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, the Tretyakov Gallery
Tretyakov Gallery
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, Moscow
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, the Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow
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, and in many private collections. Vruir Galstian died in 1996 in Yerevan
Yerevan
Yerevan 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 industrial center of the country...

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Books

In 2006 was published book “Vruir” by art critic Henrik Igityan, and in 2008 another book by art critic Helen Gayfejyan.

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