Yenovk Nazarian

Yenovk Nazarian (Armenian: Ենոք Նազարյան; 1877 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire - 1928 in Gyumri, Armenia ) was an Armenian painter.^[1]

Life

Yenovk Nazarian was born in Constantinople (today Istanbul), where he began his education. He subsequently studied art in Italy, and after returning to Turkey worked as both painter and teacher. His work at this period included a painting depicting actor Petros Adamian in his coffin in 1891, and a series of Bosphorus landscapes.^[1] He eventually visited Tblisi and Armenian where lived and painted. He died in Gyumri, Armenia at the age of 51.

There are 15 of his portraits in pastels. Two works by the artist are at the National Gallery of Armenia.^[1]

Gallery

Portrait of Hovhannes Shalamyan (1897)
Mariam Shalamyan (1897)

References

1 2 3 Kurkman, Garo (2004). Armenian painters in the Ottoman empire 1600-1923. İstanbul: Matüsalem Publications. p. 663. ISBN 9789759201555. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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