The female master of the Armenian blue-and-white porcelain
A beloved and prolific Armenian ceramic painter, Marie Balian (1925-2017) studied at the Beaux Arts of Lyon, where her family had settled. Her family hailed from Kütahya (Kutahya), which is historically known for its Armenian ceramic industry, and were forced to flee due to the Armenian Genocide. In 1954, Balian married into the Balians, a family of Armenian potters, in Bethlehem, Palestine. In 1955, Setrag and Marie moved to Jordan where they had three children. For almost 10 years, due to the agreement between the partners Neshan and Mgrditch, Marie could not introduce her talent to the ceramic studio. In 1964, as
The Armenian female artist who brought to life Armenian folklore in clay and porcelain
The Armenian female artist Hripsime Simonyan (1916-1998) is regarded one of the founders of Armenian applied art during the Soviet era. She was an Armenian artist and sculptor, who made an invaluable contribution to the development of decorative art and ceramics. She was rewarded as being People's Artist of Armenia (1974). In 1945, she graduated from the Tbilisi Art academy, majoring in sculpture, minor ceramics. From 1956 she took over the position of head of ceramics department of the Yerevan State Art and Theatre institute, from 1977 she has been awarded with a professor degree. In 1945, she started the department
The ancient Chinese tomb as an indicative of cross-cultural references
A burial chamber from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) has been found in China. The funerary site is decorated with high reliefs and murals.The site was discovered by Chinese archaeologists during the excavations of an ancient tomb in Shanxi province.The inscriptions preserved on the column in the burial chamber of the tomb indicate that it was erected in 456, and a man named Lu Xu rests within its walls.As the tomb was looted and heavily damaged, the archaeologists did not manage to find the coffin but excavated a number of applied art pieces and fragments.According to the experts, the artistic
Ancient Chinese bronzeware exhibited in Hunan
Bronzeware is a significant carrier of Chinese culture. To trace its development, the Hunan Museum is exhibiting bronze artworks assembled from Chinese museums and presented in four pavilions.Among the intriguing exhibited artefacts are the bronze gui tureen with horse design that was once used as a sacrificial container ( Western Zhou Dynasty, c.11th century-771 BCE), also the bronze square ding vessel with human face motif, conveying the idea of combination of kingship and theocracy (Shang Dynasty, c.16th century-11th century BCE).
Works by Armenian artists exhibited in Wuhan, China
“Armenian- Chinese partnership center” NGO reports that contemporary works by various Armenian artists are being exhibited in Wuhan city, Hubei Province, the People’s Republic of China. The exhibition entitled “The Roots of the Sun” has opened its doors to the public on the 24th of December. It’s worth mentioning that the exhibition is held in the building of “World Pavilion Wuhan”, an international business and cultural center.
