Zareh Mutafian (; March 15, 1907 – May 11, 1980) was a French-Armenian painter.

Biography

He was born in

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, on the seaside of

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which was then in the Ottoman Empire. Mutafian was the only one in his family who survived in 1915 genocide. In 1927 he entered to Milan Art Academy. In 1939 he moved to

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. He is the father of historian Claude Mutafian. Influenced by Bonnard, Matisse and postimpressionist painters, he regularly displayed his work in exhibitions worldwide, from the 50s to the year of his death, in France, Beyrouth, United States and former Soviet Union. His paintings are gathered in private collections as well as in the National Gallery in

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. Besides, he also wrote in armenian several texts and books about the history of painting, esthetics, and issues relative to Armenia (many of which are collected in the french-armenian book ''Chant d'Arménie'', published the year after his death. His most recent exhibition takes place at the Mairie of the 5th Arrondissement of

, next to the Place du

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, between May 6 and May 25, 2013.

External links

Zareh Mutafian- Armclair Zareh Mutafian Paris 2015 Exposition website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mutafian, Zareh 1907 births 1980 deaths People from Samsun Armenian genocide survivors 20th-century Armenian painters Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to France