Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan
Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (April 3, 1922 – November 8, 2005) was a Soviet-Armenian painter who was a full member of the Russian Academy of Arts, and a People's Artist of the Armenian SSR.
Also recorded as Laviniya Aleksandrovna Bazhbeuk-Melikyan · Bazhbeuk-Melikyan, Laviniya Aleksandrovna
Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan
- Name
- Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan
- Born
- April 3, 1922
- Birthplace
- Tbilisi, Georgia
- Died
- November 8, 2005 (age 83)
- Place of death
- Yerevan, Armenia
- Field
- Fine Art
- Awards
- People's Artist of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Armenia · Russia
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor · graphic artist
- Fields
- still life · landscape painting
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Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (April 3, 1922 – November 8, 2005) was a Soviet-Armenian painter who was a full member of the Russian Academy of Arts, and a People's Artist of the Armenian SSR.
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• Name — Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan • Born — April 3, 1922 • Birthplace — Tbilisi, Georgia • Died — November 8, 2005 (age 83) • Place of death — Yerevan, Armenia • Field — Fine Art • Awards — People's Artist of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
Biography
Biography
Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan was born in 1922 in Tbilisi in the family of artist, graphic designer, and sculptor Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikyan. In 1935 she moved to Yerevan, and studied at the Yerevan State College of Fine Arts named after Panos Terlemezyan. In 1951 she graduated from the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.N. Surikov. In Pavel Korin’s studios she worked on the creation of the inlaid panels for Moscow “Komsomolskaya” metro station. From 1962-1964 Lavinia had been a member of the board of administration for the Artists’ Artists Union, she was the delegate of the 2nd All-union Congress of Artists. Since 1988 she has been a corresponding member of the Art Academy of Russia and, since 1997 – the Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. Since 2002 – a full member of the Russian Academy of Arts. Her works are kept in the Modern Art Museum (Yerevan), the National Gallery of Armenia (Yerevan), artistic funds of Armenia and Russia, and in many private galleries and collections in different countries of the world. On 19 September 2000, Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan obtained citizenship of the Russian Federation. Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan died on November 8, 2005.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Since 1951 Lavinia was a constant participant of republican, all-union and international exhibitions. • Painters house, Yerevan, 1979 • Moscow, 1980
Personal exhibitions
Personal exhibitions
• 1979 – Yerevan • 1980 – Moscow • 1989 – Luanda, Angola • 01.10.2008 -14.10.2008 Artists' Union of Armenia, Yerevan • 10.04.2007 - 06.05.2007 Russian Academy of Artists, Moscow
Works
Works
• Father's-Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikyan's portrait (1960) • Mother (1961) • Still life with books (1970) • Self-portrait (1978) • Painter Nina Zhilinskaya (1984) • Aghabalyants sisters' portrait (1994) • M. Khachatryan's portrait (1996) • The Cactuses
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1922
Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan was born in 1922.
2005
Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan died at Yerevan.
Awards
• 1967 – Honored artist of Armenian • 1970 – she was awarded the Gold Medal of the USSR exhibition of economic achievements (VDNKH), Moscow • 1974 – for the portraits series was awarded the Diploma of the USSR Artists’ Union. • 1983 – People’s artist of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic • 1997 – Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
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The authorities additionally record the headings Laviniya Aleksandrovna Bazhbeuk-Melikyan and Bazhbeuk-Melikyan, Laviniya Aleksandrovna. Her recorded language was Russian. She was the child of Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikyan. Formation and teaching. Bazhbeuk-Melikyan studied at Panos Terlemezyan State College of Fine Arts and Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts. Bazhbeuk-Melikyan received People's Artist of the Armenian SSR, Honored Painter of the Armenian SSR and Honored art worker of the Russian Federation. Recorded as painter, sculptor and graphic artist.
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