Edman Ayvazyan (, , – ) was an Iranian-Armenian painter. He was the first Iranian artist to join

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Biography

Edman Ayvazyan was born in

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, in 1932. Ayvazyan depicted

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, the works of

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, and created many

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s, and

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s. His works can be found in many churches and museums including the Lazar Gallery,

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, and in 1982 contributed a major work for the Royal Mosque of

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, in the form of a band of marble mosaic of Arabic calligraphy around its central dome. Ayvazyan died on 25 March 2020 in

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, due to

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Exhibitions

From 1950 to 1990 Ayvazyan participated in group and solo exhibitions in

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, the UK and the United States. * Artists' Union of Armenia,

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, 1987 * Ararat club, Tehran * "Colors of homeland", Yerevan,

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, 2015էդման Այվազյան «Հայրենիքի գույները»
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Awards

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

References

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1932 births 2020 deaths Armenian painters Iranian painters Iranian people of Armenian descent Artists from Tehran Artists from London Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in England Members of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters {{Iran-bio-stub