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Vardges Surenyants, Various Works.

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Village Ghohrud (sketch), 1885.

Sketch with a Cross-Stone, 1885.

Sketch.

Venice, 1881.

The Bell Tower of St. Echmiadzin Cathedral, 1897.

Oshakan: the River Kasakh, 1915.

Grief, date unknown.

Portrait of Idelson, 1913.

Saint Germain Church in Paris, 1897.

In the Harem, date unknown.

Sketch for a Composition, date unknown.

Spain, 1897.

Peasant Women, 1916.

Peasant Woman, 1916.

Jesus Christ, date unknown.

Hunar Helborg "Love Tragedy" (stage decoration).

Arevhat and the Snake, 1906.

People with Flowers, 1906.

In the Harem, 1887.

Annunciation, date unknown.

The Virgin and the Child, date unknown.

Scale-model to P. Yartsev's Play "At the Temple".

Illustration to Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales, 1907.

The Spanish Dancer, 1901.

Portrait of a Woman (sketch), date unknown.

Sketch, date unknown.

Sketch for a Composition

The Refugee Girl, 1915 (Left), Portrait of a Boy from Kavash, date unknown (Right).

A Man (Uncle Nakho from Van), 1916 (Left), The Young Man of Sasun, 1915 (Right).

Vardges Surenyants

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There are two (sometimes three) copies of some of the images because I've scanned artworks from two different sources with different coloring. I've avoided posting scans of artworks that are already available online (e.g. Salome), which is better quality than the scan I have anyway.

The Return of Queen Zabel / Queen Zabel's Return in the Palace, 1909.

Shamiram by the Body of Ara the Beautiful, 1899.

Women Leaving the Church at Ani, 1905.

In the Harem (date unknown).

Mkrtich Khrimyan, 1906.

Desecrated Shrine (date unknown.)


Desecrated Shrine, 1895.

Desecrated Shrine (date unknown).

Alhambra, 1897.

Cloister, 1893.

The Departure of the Procession from St. Echmiadzin Cathedral, 1895.

Knight-Woman, 1909.

Vardges Surenyants, Illustrations for Armenian Folk Tales

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Armenian folk tales are not specified, only dates.

1906-1914.

1906.

1906-1914.

1906.

1906-1916.

1906-1914.

Vardges Surenyants, Graphics and etc.

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Young Hafiz (the place is unknown), 1895.

Design of a poem by M. Peshiktashlyan, unknown date.

All images below are titled "Drawings from Album" and have no dates.

Vardges Surenyants, "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray"

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Illustrations for Alexander Pushkin's poem "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray", 1897-98.

Cover Painting

Egishe Tadevosyan (1870-1936)

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Mount Ararat from Vagharshapat, 1930.

Brook. Study, 1908.

Spring. Garden, 1921.

A Canal and Gondola, 1905.

One of My Dreams, 1905.

Komitas, 1935.

Jan-Gyulum (Flower Blessing), 1907.

Gayane Khachaturyan

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Woman in the Garden, 1962,

Citizens' Procession, 1987.

Black Panther, 1986.

Birthday, 1987.

Requiem, 1985.

Room. Basket. Silver Ball, 1984.

Harutyun Galents, 1908-1967

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Portrait of the Violinist A. Gabrielian, 1960.

Autumn on the Bank of the Hrazdan River, 1960.

Mountain Landscape, 1960.

Portrait of the Actress M. Korabelnikova, 1961.

Portrait of the Artist K. Hovhannissian, 1961.

Ivan Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Aivazyan)

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The Armenian Mekhitarist Fathers on St. Lazarus Island, Venice, 1843.

Noah's Descent from Ararat, 1889.

Storm, 1972.

Lord Byron Visiting the Mekhitarists in St. Lazarus Island, Venice, 1899.

Hakop Kojoyan, 1883-1959

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David of Sasun, 1922.

Dining House in Tabriz, 1922.

Street in Tabriz, 1922.

Autumn in Yerevan, 1923.

Cavalry, 1921.

Mount Aragats. Early Spring. 1923.

Armenian Herald, 1921.

Armenian Stylization, 1923.

Illustration to the Fairytale "Magic Bird", 1925.

In his first paintings ("Street in Tabriz", "Dining House in Tabriz"), Kodjoyan captured his Orient - somewhat stylized, colourful, exotice - with humour.

From 1920 and onwards the artists was inspired by the great idea of the renaissane of his native land and in both his paintings and his graphic works he sought to combine hthe past of his people with their present. He produced numerous original book illustration, taking Armenian graphic art to unheard of heights.

Kodjoyan was brought up in a jeweller's family and graduated from the Munich Academy of Arts but the main influence on his art was Armenian manuscript illumination of which he made a detailed study.

His outstanding graphic work "David of Sassun" depicts various episodes from the life of tis hero of the national epic tale. The expressive drawing and whimsical invention of this masterpiece correspond to the spirit and passion of the literary masterpiece.

Other works are in much the same key, among them are the "Armenian Herald" and the illustrations to the folk tale "The MagicBird". The artist gives his landscapes, with their dark grey tones, a unique feeling, wrapping them in an historic atmosphere.

Sedrak Arakelyan, 1884-1942

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Village Yard, 1927.

Drying Wheat, 1920.

Baking Bread, 1914.

Near the Mill, 1924.

Spring in Yerevan, 1925.

Near the Spring, 1928.

Lake Sevan, 1940.

I think I will include the short descriptions provided by the book (Peintres Armeniens 19th-20th centuries) I'm using currently to accompany the artist's works. They aren't translated very well (and also a bit on the cheesy side) but still informational.

While Saryan revealed the epic quality of nature in his native land and Kodjoyan imbued it with a sense of heroic history, the colourful palette of Arakelyan gave it a quiet spirituality and lyricism. He had an incredible fine sense of the charm of old Armenian villages and created beauty from the most simple corners of his native land, places which would at first seem to be unnoticeable.

Arakelyan was born near Nakhichevan (now in Azerbaijan), and studied in Tbilisi under Egishe Tatevosyan and then under Konstantin Korovin in Moscow.

His creative method was born through direct communication with nature. In his landscapes the artist opens up to the onlooker his warm and loving soul, revealing the purity of his feelings and his trepidation before the surrounding world. Arakelyan was skilled in capturing fleeting moments: when he painted Sevan, he was seized with youthful passion: when he spoke with the severe hills, he was thoughtful and manly: when he saw the union of people and animals on earth, he became drunk on happiness.

Under the master's touch the image of the Armenian landscape was enriched with intimacy and elegiacal quality.

Sergei Parajanov, 1924-1990

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The Virgin Mary, 1985.

Life and Death of General Radko, 1981.

St. George in Blue, 1986.

A Prayer for Hovnatanyan, 1970.

Variations with the Themes of Pinturicchio and Raphael, 1986.

Homage to Fabergé, 1984.

Portrait of D. Olbrikhski, 1970.

Golgotha, 1970.

Ervand Kochar, 1899-1976

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Family. Generations., 1925

De Profundis, 1919.

Woman With An Apple, 1926.

The Model (Artist G. Grigorian), 1919.

Meditation, 1931.

Jansem (Jan-Hovanes Semerdjian)

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Joelle Sitting, 1976.

Homage to Goya, 1978.

Evening, 1967.

Peasant Woman With a Rake, 1953.

Market, 1973.

Procession, 1978.

Claudius, 1978.

Saint Martin, 1986.

Martiros Saryan

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Portrait of H. Mantashev, 1915.

Armenia, 1923.

The King and His Daughter. Fairytale, 1904.

At the Foot of Ararat. Fairytale, 1904.

Love, 1904.

Alexander Bajbeouk-Melikian

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Selecting Models, 1945.

Around the Mirror, 1922.

Girl With Parrot, 1947.

Portrait of Nektar (The Artist's Wife), 1922.

Three Women, 1929.

Swing, 1964.

The Juggler, 1965.


Optic Illusion, 1928.