Knarik Vardanyan
Քնարիկ Վարդանյան
Born
Knarik Grigori Vardanyan

24 November 1914
Panik (formerly Kaftarlı village), Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
Died25 December 1996
Yerevan, Armenia
EducationHouse of Armenian Culture
Alma materLeninakan Construction Technical College,
Panos Terlemezyan State College of Fine Arts,
Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts and Theater
Known forPainting, printmaking
SpouseDavit Poghossian
AwardsHonored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1967)

Knarik Grigori Vardanyan (Armenian: Քնարիկ Վարդանյան; 1914–1996) was an Armenian Soviet artist, best known as a painter, and printmaker.[1][2][3] She was awarded the title, Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1967).[4][5]

Biography

Knarik Vardanyan was born on 24 November 1914 in Kaftarli village (now known as Panik), Alexandropol uezd, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire.[1]

She graduated in 1933 from Leninakan Construction Technical College (now known as Gyumri State Technical College).[1] The following year from 1933 to 1934, Vardanyan worked in Alexander Tamanian's architectural studio as an assistant.[1][6] In 1941, she graduated from Panos Terlemezyan State College of Fine Arts; followed by a graduation in 1950 from Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts and Theater; and study from 1950 to 1952 in the painting department at the House of Armenian Culture in Moscow, under B. V. Johanson.[1]

From 1942 to 1944, she worked as the main artist in the Hovhannes Tumanyan Puppet Theatre of Yerevan, and helped create a number of performances.[1] Starting in 1950, Vardanyan was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). She was married to opera singer Davit Poghossian (1911–2004).[1][7]

Vardanyan painted on the theme of the everyday life of a working man.[1] In the 1960s and 1970s, she started changing her line work and color palette to reflect on nature.[1] She had solo exhibitions in Yerevan (1965, 1978, 1981), Leninakan (1981), Kirovakan (1981), Yeghegnadzor (1982), and Tbilisi (1982).[1] Many of her artworks can be found in museum collections, including an extensive collection at the National Gallery of Armenia.[8]

She died on 25 December 1996 in Yerevan, Armenia.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "- Քնարիկ Վարդանյան" [Knarik Vardanyan]. AVProduction.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  2. ↑ Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան [Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia]. Vol. 11. Institute of History, Armenian Academy of Sciences. p. 323.
  3. ↑ "Women's Art versus Feminist Art: Categories and Contradictions in Practices of Armenian Art | Feminism and Gender Democracy". Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  4. ↑ Խոստիկյան, Գոհար (1979). Քնարիկ Վարդանյան : ՀՍՍՀ վաստակավոր նկարիչ = Кнарик Варданян. Засл. худ. Арм. ССР /. Union of Artists of Armenia. Yerevan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ "Vardanyan Knarik (1914-1996)". Shedevr (in Armenian). Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  6. ↑ "Թամանյանի ու Հալաբյան արվեստանոցներից մինչև Գեղարվեստաթատերական ինստիտուտ… Քնարիկ Վարդանյան (լուսանկարներ)". Panorama.am (in Armenian). Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  7. ↑ "Դավիթ Պողոսյան" [Davit Poghossian]. AVproduction.am. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  8. ↑ "Collection". National Gallery of Armenia.
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