Bidspirit auction | Grigor Khanjyan (Armenian, 1926-2000)

Grigor Khanjyan (Armenian, 1926-2000) - Grigor Khanjyan (Armenian, 1926-2000), oil on canvas, signed and dated 1962 l. r., 49,8 x 68,5 cm. Condition On request Notes Grigor Khanjyan was born November 29, 1926 in Yerevan. In 1945 he graduated from the Yerevan Art College named after F. Terlemezyan. He studied at the Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts (1945-1951) at the AV Bekaryan, EA Isabekyan. Member of the Artists' Union of the Armenian SSR and elected a member of his reign (1953). Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Arts (1962). Board member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1963). Full member of the USSR Academy of Arts (1973). Member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces and member of the Presidium of the Armenian SSR (1975). Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR (1982). He died April 19, 2000 in Yerevan.He is most notable for his illustrations of historical novels and poems, and murals and tapestries on historical topics. In 1983 Khanjyan was appointed a member of the highest order of chivalry in Soviet art, only 159 members during Soviet history.