Hakob Mkrtumovich Hovnatanyan (Yakov Nikitich Avnatamov) Jr. ( 1806 - 1881 ) - Armenian, Russian, Iranian portrait painter.
| Hakob Mkrtumovich Hovnatanyan | |
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| Date of Birth | 1806 |
| Place of Birth | Tiflis |
| Date of death | 1881 |
| A place of death | Iran |
| Nationality |  Russia |
| Citizenship | Russia |
| Genre | Painting ; Painting |
| Awards |  |
He opened a new page in the centuries-old history of Armenian art. He was the brightest figure from the midst of Tiflis artists of the 19th century. It belonged to the Nagasha craft dynasty, who painted temples and painted miniatures. Hakob Hovnatanyan became one of the first masters of easel secular portrait, wrote in the technique of oil painting, combining a realistic manner with the sophistication inherent in the Armenian miniature [1] .
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 memory
- 3 Gallery
- 4 See also
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
- 7 References
Biography
He was one of the first Armenian artists who, in his paintings, did not cover religious topics that have been fundamental in the Armenian fine arts for many years.
Hakob Hovnatanyan left behind a large number of portraits of his contemporaries. He was not only the founder of Armenian portraiture and one of the most prominent artists, but also one of the best European portrait painters.
Hakob Hovnatanyan was born in Tiflis , received his education from his father Mkrtum Hovnatanyan , who was a church artist. When he was 23 years old, he left for St. Petersburg (Russia) with the aim of entering the Imperial Academy of Arts . But he was not accepted because of his age.
Hakob Hovnatanyan was very popular in Tiflis as a portrait painter. But soon, due to the abundance of photos that appeared, he ceased to be popular. This forced him to move to Iran in the 1870s, where he died in 1881. His work was rediscovered after his death in 1920 . Among his masterpieces are works such as portraits of Natalie Teumyan, Gurbenkova, Karadyan, Astvatsatur Sargsyan and Catholicos Nerses Ashtaraketsi . Over 50 portraits of the artist are known [2] .
Memory
- In 1967, Sergei Parajanov made the film " Hakob Hovnatanyan ."
- On Mercury , a crater is named after Hakob Hovnatanyan.
Gallery
Portrait. Mid 19th century
Portrait of Karadyan 1830
Hakob Hovnatanyan, “Portrait of the Catholicos Nerses Ashtaraketsi ”
Ali
See also
- Fine Arts of Armenia
Notes
- ↑ State Museum of the East
- ↑ Hakob Hovnatanian (Album of reproductions). - Yerevan: Edition of the House of Artists of Armenia, 1969.
Literature
- Hakob Hovnatanian (Album of reproductions). - Yerevan: Edition of the House of Artists of Armenia, 1969. - 4000 copies, 22 col. reproductions.
- “Popular Art Encyclopedia” 2nd book, publishing house “Soviet Encyclopedia”, 1986
- M.Kazaryan “Artists of Hovnatanyany” Moscow, 1969