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Yervand Kochar
Armenian sculptor and artist
Yervand Kochar | |
|---|---|
| Born | ()June 15, Tiflis, Russian Empire |
| Died | January 22, () (aged&#;79) Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Komitas Pantheon |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Other&#;names | Ervand Kochar, Yervand Kocharyan |
| Education | Nersisian School Arts School of the Caucasus Association for Promotion of Fine Arts |
| Known&#;for | Painting, sculpture, drawing, inventing, writing |
| Movement | Futurism, cubism, surrealism, Impressionism, avant-garde |
| Spouse | Vardeni Kochar (m.
, d) Meline Kochar (m. Ervand kochar wikipedia hayeren hovhannes english As early as , Armen Shekoyan proposed moving the statue to Republic Square , [ 61 ] where the statue of Vladimir Lenin stood before it was taken down in Tools Tools. Moscow: Stroyizdat. Alendi delivers a lecture in Sorbonne on Kotchar's "new painting"., d. ) Manik Mkrtchyan-Kochar (m. , d) |
| Children | 2 |
Yervand "Kochar" Kocharyan, also known as Ervand Kochar (Armenian: Երվանդ Սիմոնի "Քոչար" Քոչարյան; – ) was a prominent sculptor and modern artist of the twentieth century and a founder of Painting in Space art movement.
The Ervand Kochar Museum is located in Yerevan, Armenia and showcases much of his work.[1][2]
Biography
Early life and career
Kochar was born in Tiflis, Russian Empire on June 15, , to Simon Kocharian of Shushi and Pheocia Martirosian.[3] He graduated in from Nersisian School, and, between and , also studied at the Arts School of the Caucasus Association for Promotion of Fine Arts (known as O.
Schmerling School) in Tbilisi.[citation needed] From to he studied at the State Free Art Studio of Moscow.
He returned to Tbilisi, where he was granted a certificate of professor of Fine Arts and Technical Studies by the People's Commissariat of the Georgian SSR.[citation needed]
In –, Kochar was elected to the exhibition commission of the Union of Armenian Artists and became a member of the "HAYARTUN" (House of Armenian Art).[citation needed] By April , he left from Batum and traveled abroad to Constantinople, then to Venice, Rome, Florence and Paris.[citation needed] Kochar's works were first exhibited in Tbilisi in and the following year in Allied-controlled Constantinople (Istanbul) and in Venice.[citation needed]
Later life and career
By Kochar had settled down in Paris, where his art was well received.[citation needed] In there were reported cases of vandalism towards two sculpture-paintings by Kochar in the exhibition at the Salon des Indépendants.
Those works were the first heralds of "Painting in Space".
In February Dr. Alendi delivered a lecture in Sorbonne on Kochar's "new painting". Kochar's Painting in Space one-man show opened in "Van Leer" Gallery.
Ervand kochar wikipedia hayeren hovhannes shqip Participates periodically in republic and all-Union exhibitions. Visit Museum Collection Contact. Archived from the original PDF on 8 March Caravan Books.The 15 works presented were new plastic and artistic means of expression which sought to involve time as an additional fourth dimension. The author of the catalogue was French-Polish art critic Waldemar George (). In the international exhibition, "Panorama de L`art contemporain"("Panorama of Contemporary Art") organized in the halls of the "BONAPART" Publishers, Kochar presented the works of "Painting in Space".
Among the participants of the exhibition were Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Henri Matisse, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Liursa, Joan Miró, Survage, Utrillo, Vlamink, and others. Kochar met Léonce Rosenberg, the well-known patron and connoisseur of modern art, who became a fan of Kochar's art. In , while at the peak of his artistic fame, to the surprise of many, Kochar repatriated to the Armenian SSR, without the least bit of doubt that he was leaving Paris for good.
Between and Kochar was imprisoned on politically motivated charges, but was eventually freed due to the intervention of his friends from Nersissian School, Karo Halabian and Anastas Mikoyan.
Ervand kochar wikipedia hayeren hovhannes In this regard, K. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the ensuing economic crisis , the statue deteriorated, and the sculpture reportedly began to sway in strong winds. It is placed on a basalt base shaped to resemble natural rock formations. The statue, which earned Kochar a State Prize of the Armenian SSR in , [ 52 ] is widely considered his best-known and most important work.Yervand Kochar continued working in Yerevan, earning award recognition as People's Artist of Armenian SSR in , State Prize of the Armenian SSR in , Order of the Red Banner of Labour in and People's Artist of the Soviet Union in [2]
His most recognized works include the statues of David of Sassoun () which has become the symbol of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia; of Vardan Mamikonian (); of Komitas () in Echmiadzin.
One of his masterpieces in painting is "Disasters of War".
In The National Museum of Modern Art Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris acquired one of Kochar's works of "Painting in the Space" ().
In UNESCO marked Kochar's centennial as one of the "outstanding dates" in world art.
Ervand kochar wikipedia hayeren hovhannes free Notes [ edit ]. Having given up hope to meet Kotchar, Melineh commits suicide in Paris. In November arrives in Venice, the Mkhitarist Congregation, teaches at Mourad-Rafaelyan College, creates the face sculptures of Cardinal Lafontain, Father Kyureghian, the poet Avetik Issahakian, and studies the rich collection of the Congregation's old Armenian miniature art. As early as , Armen Shekoyan proposed moving the statue to Republic Square , [ 61 ] where the statue of Vladimir Lenin stood before it was taken down inIn Armenia's Union of Artists opened an exhibit dedicated to Yervand Kochar's artistic legacy marking years since the artist's birth.
He was married to philologist Manik Mkrtchyan (–), with whom he had two sons, Haykaz Kochar () and Ruben Kochar ().[4]
Death and legacy
He died January 22, , Yerevan, Soviet Armenia.
In , a museum in his name was dedicated to his art and opened near Yerevan Cascade, in Yerevan, Armenia.
Filmography
- Tghamardik () (as Yervand Kochar)