 The exhibition dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the renowned Armenian painter Martiros Saryan opened in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Paintings, watercolors and drawings painted by the artist during his trips to Turkey, Egypt and Iran, still lifes and portraits of Anna Akhmatova, Nikolay Mordvinov, Armenian painter Khachatour Yesayan were exhibited. Besides, the exhibition includes still-lifes painted in 1930-1960 years. The exposition also portrays works of theatre, sets of Odessa Opera and Ballet Theatre plays. It will close on March 26. Martiros Saryan (1880-1972) was born into an Armenian family in Nor Nakhchivan. In 1895, he finished the Nakhchivan school and from 1897-1904 studied at the Moscow School of Arts, including in the workshops of Valentin Serov and Konstantin Korovin. He was heavily influenced by the work of Paul Gauguin and Henri Matisse. Since 1921, the painter lived in Armenia and died in 1972 in Yerevan.
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