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FRESCOES BY MINAS AVETISYAN IN THE HOUSE OF GOVERNMENT
Gov.am - Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia
Nov 25 2010
Minas Avetisyan's "Meeting" and "By the stele" frescoes were reopened
today in the second-floor conference hall of the House of Government.
In accordance with the government decree of June 17, 2010, in
cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Minas Avetisyan Foundation
has launched a restoration campaign for these two frescoes which
used to be posted in the restaurant block of Gyumri's electrical
engineering plant.
During the ceremony, the reinstated frescoes were blessed by Vicar
of the Ararat Patriarchal Diocese, Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan.
Congratulating those present, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan thanked
the Armenian and Italian experts who had completed the restoration
work, as well as the staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations
for evacuation and relocation efforts.
The Prime Minister said in particular: "I think this is just the
case when history has had its own. As Minas used to give birth to
his paintings in a plain dining unit of an ordinary plant in Gyumri,
no one could suppose that a few years later these works of art might
be held for masterpieces to find themselves in the House of Government.
History is the judge of the works of Minas, and today we can enjoy
them in full."
The government's conference hall will shortly be open for the great
Armenian painter's fans.
From: A. Papazian
Gov.am - Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia
Nov 25 2010
Minas Avetisyan's "Meeting" and "By the stele" frescoes were reopened
today in the second-floor conference hall of the House of Government.
In accordance with the government decree of June 17, 2010, in
cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Minas Avetisyan Foundation
has launched a restoration campaign for these two frescoes which
used to be posted in the restaurant block of Gyumri's electrical
engineering plant.
During the ceremony, the reinstated frescoes were blessed by Vicar
of the Ararat Patriarchal Diocese, Archbishop Navasard Kchoyan.
Congratulating those present, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan thanked
the Armenian and Italian experts who had completed the restoration
work, as well as the staff of the Ministry of Emergency Situations
for evacuation and relocation efforts.
The Prime Minister said in particular: "I think this is just the
case when history has had its own. As Minas used to give birth to
his paintings in a plain dining unit of an ordinary plant in Gyumri,
no one could suppose that a few years later these works of art might
be held for masterpieces to find themselves in the House of Government.
History is the judge of the works of Minas, and today we can enjoy
them in full."
The government's conference hall will shortly be open for the great
Armenian painter's fans.
From: A. Papazian