Mıgırdiç Civanyan Explained

Mıgırdiç Civanyan
Մկրտիչ Ճիվանեան
Birth Place:Beşiktaş, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
Death Place:Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Occupation:Painter

Mıgırdiç Civanyan (Armenian: Մկրտիչ Ճիվանեան, 1848 – February 14, 1906) was an Ottoman Armenian painter.[1]

Life

Mıgırdiç Civanyan was born in the Beşiktaş district of Constantinople in 1848.[2] In 1874, he met with famed Russian-Armenian painter Ivan Aivazovsky, whose work inspired Civanyan to incorporate much of the love for the sea into his own paintings. Already knowing Italian, Civanyan went to Italy in 1876 and remained there until 1879.[3] Due to the Hamidian massacres of Armenians, Civanyan sought refuge in Odessa in the spring of 1894.

Style and Subject Matter

Mıgırdiç Civanyan is known for painting landscapes of Constantinople, especially that of the Bosphorus.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kurkman, Garo . Armenian painters in the Ottoman Empire 1600-1923 . 2004 . Matüsalem Publications . İstanbul . 9789759201555 . 28 November 2012.
  2. Book: Tarih ve toplum: aylık ansiklopedik dergi . 1990 . Indiana University . 28 November 2012 . 100 . Turkish.
  3. News: Kurkman . Garo . 100 years after his death, Istanbul Painter Migirdiç Civanian . 28 November 2012 . O.I.A.: Online News Article . August 3, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060805154811/http://oia.net/news/article.asp?aid=214 . 5 August 2006 . dead .