3,000-year-old remains of female warriors discovered in Armenia
Society collapsed over three millennia ago across the Mediterranean and Near East. Previously stable dominant empires and civilizations were brought to their knees, entire languages disappeared, and what had been pastoral and nomadic communities were replaced with imposing and fortified
Inspiration for generations: Armenian female sculptor Tereza Mirzoyan
Tereza Mirozayn (1922-2016 ) is an Armenian sculptor, member of the Artists' Union of the USSR, Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1967), Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1986), teacher, and professor.Mirzoyan is an author of numerous sculptures and
Ida Kar: The mid-twentieth century Bohemian photographer of Armenian descent
The Armenian female photographer Ida Kar or Ida Karamian has made a significant contribution to the recognition of photography as a form of fine art. She was pioneering in terms of capturing in her photos some of the most important
Exploring the world through her self-portraits. Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan
Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (Armenian: Լավինիա Բաժբեուկ-Մելիքյան) was an Armenian female artist who was a full member of the Russian Academy of Arts, and a People's Artist of the Armenian SSR. Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan was born in 1922 in Tbilisi in the family
Armenian female artist who modelled for Matisse
The Armenian female artist Vava Khatchadourian was born on February 12, 1895, in Trebizond, Ottoman Empire, and spent most of her childhood in Batumi. Prior to pursuing an artistic career, Khatchadourian lived in Vienna and Paris, where she modeled for
Lilit Teryan, “Mother of Modern Iranian Sculpture,” the female artist of Armenian descent
The Armenian-Iranian sculptor Lilit Teryan is considered the "Mother of Modern Iranian Sculpture.” She studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran. She then left the country to continue her education in France at the
Shenzhen and Wuhan museums celebrate female artists
On International Women’s Day, the Wuhan Museum is currently exhibiting more than 50 artworks created by 12 local female artists. On Sunday, an exhibition entitled Metaphor and Gaze opened in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. The group exhibition, running until March 21, features
The beauty of rural Armenia and Armenian people mirrored in Nana Gyulikekhvyan’s art
Member of the USSR Union of Artists, Honored artist of Armenian SSR, Nana Gyulikekhvyan was born in Gyumri/Leninakan. She studied at the Yerevan Art College (1942-1947) and the Art and Theater Institute (1948-1953), workshops of M.A. Aslamazyan and B.A. Kolozyan.
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
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
