Zhanna Aghamiryan Explained

Native Name:Ժաննա Աղամիրյան
Native Name Lang:hy
Birth Date:1936
Death Date:1975
Known For:Director of Children's Art Museum, Yerevan

Zhanna Aghamiryan in Armenian: Ժաննա Աղամիրյան (1936 -1975[1]) 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.[2] [3] Her work at the museum established an artistic education for many artists, such as Sergey Rubenyan.[4] [5] The gallery was founded in 1970 by Aghamiryan and her husband Henrik Igityan; in 1978 it was renamed the Children's Art Museum. This later became part of the National Centre for Aesthetics. She died in a plane crash.[6]

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References

  1. Web site: 2024-06-11 . The memorial of Aghamiryan Zhanna (Ժաննա Աղամիրյան) buried at Yerevan's Tokhmakh cemetery . 2024-06-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240611132431/https://hush.am/index.php?route=product/hush&grave_id=hush75b537b32679f4b . 2024-06-11 .
  2. Web site: 2021-10-01 . Children's Art Gallery - The Caucasus Tours . 2024-06-11 . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2020-01-22 . Venue[s] • EVN Report ]. 2024-06-11 . evnmediafest.com . en-US.
  4. Web site: 2018-11-25 . Ереванский сказочный стиль: неизвестная страница советского искусства . 2024-06-11 . Армянский музей Москвы и культуры наций . en-CA.
  5. Web site: 2019-04-08 . Interview with artist Sergey Rubenyan – ABOVYAN-ԱԲՈՎՅԱՆ . 2024-06-11 . en-US.
  6. Mezhlumyan . Konstantin Sergeevich . 1984 . The Children's art centre in Yerevan . The Museum . 36 . 4 . 199–203 . 10.1111/j.1468-0033.1984.tb00528.x . UNESCO.
  7. Web site: Агамирян . Жанна . 1979 . Детская картинная галерея . 2024-06-11 . www.pedknigi.ru.

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