Zhanna Aghamiryan
Zhanna Aghamiryan (1936 -1975) was an Armenian artist, art critic, teacher, founder and the first director of Yerevan Children's Gallery, the world (and the Soviet Union's) first children's art museum. Her work at the museum established an artistic education for many artists, such as Sergey Rubenyan. The gallery was founded in 1970 by Aghamiryan and her husband Henrik Igityan; in 1978 it was renamed the Children's Art Museum.
Zhanna Aghamiryan
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- 1936
- Died
- 1975
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- Director of Children's Art Museum, Yerevan
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- Soviet Union
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- painter · art historian
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Zhanna Aghamiryan (1936 -1975) was an Armenian artist, art critic, teacher, founder and the first director of Yerevan Children's Gallery, the world (and the Soviet Union's) first children's art museum. Her work at the museum established an artistic education for many artists, such as Sergey Rubenyan. The gallery was founded in 1970 by Aghamiryan and her husband Henrik Igityan; in 1978 it was renamed the Children's Art Museum.
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This later became part of the National Centre for Aesthetics. She died in a plane crash.
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• Native Name — Ժաննա Աղամիրյան • Born — 1936 • Died — 1975 • Known for — Director of Children's Art Museum, Yerevan
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• Детская картинная галерея [Children's Art Gallery] (1979)
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- 1.The memorial of Aghamiryan Zhanna (Ժաննա Աղամիրյան ) buried at Yerevan's Tokhmakh cemetery. 2024-06-11.
- 2.Children's Art Gallery - The Caucasus Tours. 2021-10-01.
- 3.Venue[s] • EVN Report. evnmediafest.com. 2020-01-22.
- 4.Ереванский сказочный стиль: неизвестная страница советского искусства. Армянский музей Москвы и культуры наций. 2018-11-25.
- 5.Interview with artist Sergey Rubenyan – ABOVYAN-ԱԲՈՎՅԱՆ. 2019-04-08.
- 6.Mezhlumyan, Konstantin Sergeevich. The Children's art centre in Yerevan. The Museum. 36. 4. 199–203. 1984. 10.1111/j.1468-0033.1984.tb00528.x.
- 7.Агамирян, Жанна. Детская картинная галерея. www.pedknigi.ru. 1979.
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