Sarkis Diranian
Sarkis Diranian Սարգիս Տիրանեան | |
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Born | 1854 Constantinople (now Istanbul), Ottoman Empire |
Died | 1938 Paris, France | (aged 83–84)
Occupation | Painter |
Sarkis Diranian (
Armenian orientalist painter.[1] Originally from the Ottoman Empire, he was established for many years in Paris
.
Life
Diranian was born in 1854 in Constantinople and studied art at the school of drawing and painting opened on Hamalbaşi Street in
Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, and until 1910 he participated in the exhibitions of the Societe des Artistes Francais in Paris.[3] In 1892 and 1900 he won the prize of honor at the international Paris exhibitions. In 1908 he held a one-person exhibition in Paris and in 1909 participated in a mixed exhibition in Munich.[3] He died in Paris
in 1938.
Works
His major works include Woman Tying a Rose (1897), The Dancer and Five O'Clock exhibited in Paris in 1910, Naked Woman in the collection at the Dolmabahçe Palace, and Children Playing Knuckbones in the collection of the presidential residence in Ankara.