Gregorio Sciltian
Illustration — Gregorio Sciltian with his wife Elena Boberman in Venice in 1955 Gregorio Sciltian (Grigor Shildian; 20 August 1900 – 1 April 1985) was an Italian-Armenian painter, designer, and medallist. Sciltian is well known for his portraiture and trompe-l'œil compositions.
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Gregorio Sciltian
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- Born
- 1900 · Nakhichevan-on-Don.
- Died
- 1985 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
- Education
- Imperial Academy of Arts · Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Languages
- Russian
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Illustration — Gregorio Sciltian with his wife Elena Boberman in Venice in 1955 Gregorio Sciltian (Grigor Shildian; 20 August 1900 – 1 April 1985) was an Italian-Armenian painter, designer, and medallist. Sciltian is well known for his portraiture and trompe-l'œil compositions.
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Gregorio Sciltian studied at Imperial Academy of Arts and Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The recorded working language is Russian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Italy and Milan. Work by Gregorio Sciltian is recorded in the collections of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.
He was born into an Armenian family on 20 August 1900 in Nakhichevan-on-Don (now part of Rostov-on-Don, Russia). After finishing the gymnasium in Moscow, he studied art at the Saint-Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. After the October Revolution he temporarily settled in Tiflis. Then he studied at the academy and the Museum of Fine Arts of Vienna. From 1923 to 1927 he lived in Rome. He participated in the Biennale of Rome in 1925 and the Biennale of Venice in 1926. Then lived in Paris and Milan. He died in 1985 in Rome.
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