Sarkis Diranian (; 1854 - 1938) was an

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orientalist painter.''Women as portrayed in orientalist painting'' Lynne Thornton p.75
/ref> Originally from the

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, he was established for many years in

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Life

Diranian was born in 1854 in Constantinople and studied art at the school of drawing and painting opened on Hamalbaşi Street in

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by the French artist Pierre Desire Guillemet in 1875. His painting ''The Enchantress'' was exhibited in the photography studio of the Abdullah Freres in

in 1883, and on the proceeds from its sale he went to

and worked in the studio of

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. In the year 1883 or 1884, while still in

, he was awarded the ''Mecidiye'' order by the Ottoman government, and in 1887 the Ottoman Ministry of Education began to pay him a monthly allowance. In 1889 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, and until 1910 he participated in the exhibitions of the Societe des Artistes Francais in Paris. In 1892 and 1900 he won the prize of honor at the international Paris exhibitions. In 1908 he held a one-person exhibition in Paris and in 1909 participated in a mixed exhibition in

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. He died in

in 1938.

Works

left, ''Les Laveuses au bord du Lot'' - Musée de Cahors His major works include ''Woman Tying a Rose'' (1897), ''The Dancer'' and ''Five O'Clock'' exhibited in Paris in 1910, ''Naked Woman'' in the collection at the

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, and ''Children Playing Knuckbones'' in the collection of the presidential residence in Ankara.

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Life

Works

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