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UKRAINE TO CELEBRATE HOVHANNES AYVAZOVSKI'S 195TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
tert.am
24.05.12
Ukraine will celebrate the 195th birthday anniversary of renowned
artist Hovhannes Aivazovski on July 17 on a state level.
According to Analitika.at.ua, some 297 MPs of the Ukrainian parliament
(Rada) voted for the decision.
The ministerial cabinet has been assigned to set up an organizational
committee for the preparation and conduction of events.
Within the framework of the event thematic exhibitions will be
conducted in museums and libraries dedicated to the artists' life
and activity.
The state "Ukrpost" has been tasked to issue stamps dedicated to
the anniversary.
Hovhannes Aivasovsky, originally Aivazian, world-renowned painter
of Armenian descent living and working in Crimea was born in 1817
and is most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more than
half of his paintings. Aivazovsky is widely considered as one of the
greatest seascape painters of all times. Aivazovsky was born in the
town of Theodosia, Crimea to a poor Armenian family. His brother was
the Armenian Archbishop Gabriel Aivazovsky. His family moved to the
Crimea from Galicia (then in southern Poland, now in Ukraine) in 1812.
He spent his last years in Theodosia where he supplied the town with
water from his own estate, opened an art school, began the first
archaeological excavations in the region and built a historical
museum. Due to his efforts a commercial port was established at
Theodosia and linked to the railway network. Aivasovsky died in
Theodosia in 1900.
From: A. Papazian
tert.am
24.05.12
Ukraine will celebrate the 195th birthday anniversary of renowned
artist Hovhannes Aivazovski on July 17 on a state level.
According to Analitika.at.ua, some 297 MPs of the Ukrainian parliament
(Rada) voted for the decision.
The ministerial cabinet has been assigned to set up an organizational
committee for the preparation and conduction of events.
Within the framework of the event thematic exhibitions will be
conducted in museums and libraries dedicated to the artists' life
and activity.
The state "Ukrpost" has been tasked to issue stamps dedicated to
the anniversary.
Hovhannes Aivasovsky, originally Aivazian, world-renowned painter
of Armenian descent living and working in Crimea was born in 1817
and is most famous for his seascapes, which constitute more than
half of his paintings. Aivazovsky is widely considered as one of the
greatest seascape painters of all times. Aivazovsky was born in the
town of Theodosia, Crimea to a poor Armenian family. His brother was
the Armenian Archbishop Gabriel Aivazovsky. His family moved to the
Crimea from Galicia (then in southern Poland, now in Ukraine) in 1812.
He spent his last years in Theodosia where he supplied the town with
water from his own estate, opened an art school, began the first
archaeological excavations in the region and built a historical
museum. Due to his efforts a commercial port was established at
Theodosia and linked to the railway network. Aivasovsky died in
Theodosia in 1900.
From: A. Papazian