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
The Chinese female artist who brought the modernity spirit to the fine arts of China
Pan Yuliang (Chinese: 潘玉良, 14 June 1895 – 1977), born in Yangzhou as Chen Xiuqing, and was renamed Zhang Yuliang (張玉良) when adopted by her maternal uncle after the early passing of her parents.She was a Chinese painter, renowned as
