Arpenik Nalbandian

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Self-portrait Arpenik Nalbandian

Arpenik Nalbandian ( Armenian Արփենիկ Նալբանդյան Arpenig Nalbandjan , born December 23, 1916 in Tbilisi ; died May 17, 1964 in Yerevan ) was a Soviet-Armenian artist and painter .

life and work

Arpenik Nalbandian was born in Tbilisi ( Georgia ). After finishing school, she studied painting at the State Art Academy in Tbilisi from 1935 to 1941 . Two years later she was accepted into the Armenian Artists Association. From 1946 she taught at the Institute for Fine and Performing Arts in Tbilisi. In 1948 and 1952 she was elected to the city ​​council of Tbilisi. From 1957 she taught in Moscow .

Nalbandian had devoted himself artistically to easel painting. Her artistic oeuvre includes around 500 paintings, around 45 of which are in the possession of the Armenian National Gallery in Yerevan. Other works of art are in the possession of the Georgian National Gallery, the Gyumri Gallery and in private collections.

Nalbandian was married to Eduard Isabekian, professor of painting and folk painter of Armenia , since 1940 . The marriage resulted in two sons who were also active as painters. Arpenik Nalbandian died in Yerevan on May 17, 1964.

Awards

Nalbandian was honored in 1956 with the "Honored Worker" medal and in 1961 as "People's Painter of Armenia".

Exhibitions

  • 1942: “The Heroism of the Red Army”, Yerevan
  • 1943: Reportage exhibition, Künstlerhaus, Yerevan (solo exhibition)
  • 1948: 38 works, Künstlerhaus, Yerevan (solo exhibition)
  • 1967: Künstlerhaus, Yerevan (solo exhibition)
  • 1988: Portrait exhibition, Yerevan
  • 2001: Albert & Tov Boyajian Gallery, Yerevan (solo exhibition)
  • 2016: Solo exhibition on the 100th anniversary of Arpenik Nalbandian in the Armenian National Gallery

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arpenik Nalbandyan. Virtual museum. Retrieved September 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Exhibition dedicated to painter Arpenik Nalbandyan opens in Yerevan (video). October 28, 2016, accessed September 19, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Nalbandian, Arpenic
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nalbandyan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian artist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Tbilisi
DATE OF DEATH 17th May 1964
Place of death Yerevan