Hagop Kevorkian

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Hagop Kevorkian (* 1872 in Kayseri , Ottoman Empire , † 1962 in New York ) was an American art collector and patron of Turkish-Armenian origin.

He attended Robert College in Istanbul and moved to New York at the end of the 19th century . There he collected works of art from the Orient and spread the knowledge in the United States about ancient and medieval Armenia , Assyria , Persia and Turkey .

At the beginning of the 20th century, Kevorkian carried out excavations, in 1903 in Sultanabad in Iran and in 1907 in the ancient and medieval ruined city of Rey (former capital of Iran). The excavated artifacts were exhibited in London in 1911 and in New York in 1914. In the 1920s, the Anderson Gallery , New York, exhibited lacquer doors and tile mosaics from Isfahan, as well as books, paintings, carpets and ceramics. In the 1930s, Kevorkian went on excavation expeditions with the assistance of the University of Pennsylvania .

Collections

In 1929 Kevorkian bought the Mughal album , which includes calligraphy and paintings and later became known as the Kevorkian album . Portions of the album are currently in Washington, DC and in the Kevorkian Gallery of the Islamic Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City).

Honors

The foundation established by Kevorkian established the Kevorkian professorship at Columbia University in New York, which is now occupied by the Iranian scholar Hamid Dabashi .

At New York University , the Hagop Kevorkian Center includes the Middle East Institute and a library.

Web links

Commons : Hagop Kevorkian  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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  1. ^ Folio from the Kevorkian Album, ca.1540, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
  2. ^ New York Times , December 4, 1987: Art: Mughal Treasures at the Met
  3. ↑ MESAAS | Hamid Dabashi. Retrieved October 29, 2018 .
  4. ^ Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies. Retrieved October 29, 2018 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Kevorkian, Hagop
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish-Armenian art collector and patron
DATE OF BIRTH 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Kayseri
DATE OF DEATH 1962
Place of death New York City