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    SECOND BIRTH OF SARIAN'S `ARMENIA'

    Azg/arm
    26 Feb 05

    120th anniversary of great Armenian painter Martiros Sarian will be
    celebrated on February 28. On this occasion we met with Shahen
    Khachatrian,art critic, to learn about some news about the pieces of
    the painter. At present, Shahen Khachatrian is preparing for
    publishing his memoirs about the years of friendship with the great
    painter. The book will help the readers see Sarian from another
    viewpoint, to get familiarized with his worldview, philosophy and the
    style of work.

    We would like to touch upon the story of "Armenia" picture painted by
    Sarian for the Armenian pavilion at the agricultural exhibition in
    Moscow, 1939.

    Sarian's magnificent piece (50 square meters) made a great impression
    on the visitors of the exhibition. Boris Ternovets, famous art critic,
    organizer of all the foreign exhibitions, representative of the Soviet
    pavilion at the Venice Exhibition 1924, wrote in the Soviet Art
    magazine about Sarian's picture: "One can often see landscapes as
    decorative themes for the pavilions. We can point out a number of
    interesting and successful solutions, but no one willever see such
    inspirational and fascinating compositions as the ones created by
    Sarian. The painter approached the theme with open hearth, freedom,
    fresh feelings, that are born from deep love towards the native
    land. His pictureis neither a mechanical reproduction of photographic
    forms nor naturalistic depiction of separate landscapes. This picture
    is a song of a great poet.

    ... Sarian could create a really profound image, the unique synthesis
    of his nature land and the life."

    "When the agricultural exhibition closed we lost the picture. Once the
    director of Sarian's House Museum, I began to look for "Armenia"
    fresco picture. I could find only a number of addresses, then I
    applied to Tretyakov Picture Gallery in Moscow, but I failed to find
    anything. Afterwards, I came acrossa photo that gave some idea of the
    picture. Stalin's monument that was in front of the photo hindered to
    see Sarian's "Armenia." In 2003 I took the black and white photo to
    Samara and Olga Knyazheva, one of the best specialists of Photoshop,
    managed to restore the full view of Sarian's piece aftera long and
    hard work.

    Certainly, I couldn't find the original picture, unfortunately, butI
    think that our art lovers will be glad to have at least the photo of
    Sarian's lost picture," Shahen Khachatrian said.

    By Melania Badalian
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