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Edman Ayvazyan
Էդման Այվազյան
ادمان آیوازیان
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Born
Edik Ayvazyan

(1932-08-10)10 August 1932
Died 25 March 2020(2020-03-25) (aged 87)
Nationality Iranian-Armenian
Occupation Painter, architect, fashioner

Edman Ayvazyan (Armenian: Էդման Այվազյան, Persian: ادمان آیوازیان, (1932-08-10)10 August 1932 – (2020-03-25)25 March 2020) was an Iranian-Armenian painter. He was the first Iranian artist to join Royal Institute of Oil Painters.

Biography

Edman Ayvazyan was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1932.

Ayvazyan depicted Daredevils of Sassoun, the works of Hovhannes Tumanyan, and created many portraits, landscapes, and seascapes. His works can be found in many churches and museums including the Lazar Gallery, House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian, and in 1982 contributed a major work for the Royal Mosque of King Khalid International Airport, in the form of a band of marble mosaic of Arabic calligraphy around its central dome.

Ayvazyan died on 25 March 2020 in London, England, due to COVID-19 (during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic).

Exhibitions

From 1950 to 1990 Ayvazyan participated in group and solo exhibitions in Iran, Armenia, the UK and the United States.

Awards

  • Arshil Gorki medal of Armenia Ministry of Diaspora, 2015.

See also

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