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Vruir Yezekiel Galstian (, March 3, 1924 — July 10, 1996) was an
Since 1962 he participated in exhibitions both in Armenia, and abroad (
His paintings are displayed in the
Image:Vruirbook.jpg, Henrik Igityan - “Vruir” (book)
Image:Vrhelen.jpg, Helen Gayfejyan - “Vruir Galstian” Helen Gayfejyan - “Vruir Galstian” (book)
Vruyr Galstyan At Sotheby's
Modern Art Museum
Arvest
Abebooks
National Gallery of Armenia
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Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
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painter.
Biography
Vruir Galstian was born in 1924, inYerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) 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 i ...
, Armenia
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. In 1958 he graduated from Panos Terlemezian
Panos Terlemezian ( hy, Փանոս Թերլեմեզյան; 11 March 1865, Van - 30 April 1941, Yerevan) was an Armenian landscape and portrait painter; known for his support of Armenian nationalist causes.
Biography
His love for painting exp ...
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
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). He became a member of the Artists' Union of Armenia in 1968.
His paintings are displayed in the National Gallery of Armenia
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, the Modern Art Museum, Yerevan, the 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 ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) 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 i ...
.
Books
In 2006 was published book “Vruir” by art critic Henrik Igityan, and in 2008 another book by art critic Helen Gayfejyan.References
External links
*Vruyr Galstyan At Sotheby's
Modern Art Museum
Arvest
Abebooks
National Gallery of Armenia
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