Ananikyan Hakob

Ananikyan Hakob (Harutyun)
Armenian:	Անանիկյան Հակոբ Հարությունի
Russian:	Ананикян Акоб Арутюнович
Born:	20.12.1919 Alexandrapol, Armenia
Died:	05.03.1977 Yerevan, Armenia
Description: Painter.

Biography

Was born on December 20, 1919 in Alexandrapol (now Gyumri), Armenia.

Education

• In 1939 finished the Yerevan College of Fine Arts.
• In 1940 entered the Moscow Institute of Decorative and Applied Art.
• In 1952 graduated from the Yerevan State Art and Theater Institute.

Work Activity

• In 1939-1941 and 1944-1966 taught at Gyumri pedagogical school.
• In 1947-1966 was the director of the urban museum of Leninakan.

Works

• "Leninakan" (landscape), the National Gallery of Armenia, 1940.
• "The Oath" (landscape), 1947.
• "Kirakosyan of the Railway" (portrait), the National Gallery of Armenia, 1949.
• "A Scene from Mantash" (landscape), 1959.
• "A Girl under the Tree" (portrait), 1960.
• "The Village of Karnut" (landscape), 1962.
• "Autumn in the Mountains of Jajour" (landscape), 1963.
• "The Old Shoemaker" (portrait), the Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, 1971.
• "Polos Mukuch" (portrait), the Modern Art Museum of Yerevan, 1973.

Achievements

• In 1965 became an honored pedagogue of the Armenian SSR.

Other

• Created landscapes, portraits and theme images.
• In 1941-1945 took part in the Great Patriotic War.
• Since 1940 participated in republican and later all-union and international exhibitions (in Armenia, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Argentina, Mongolia).
• Taught at the Sergey Merkurov Painting School (Leninakan).
• In 1978 a posthumous exhibition was organized (the Union of Artists of Armenia, Yerevan).
• The works are exhibited in the Modern Art Museum (Yerevan), the National Gallery of Armenia (Yerevan), the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia (Yerevan) and the cultural houses of different regions of Armenia.

Images

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  Mrs. Srbuhi, from the series "Gyumri and the People of Gyumri", 1969

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  "The Coppersmith", 1970

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  "Nalband Yenok", 1972

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  "Yadik with His Friends", 1973

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  "Ghvornik Gevorg", 1974

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  "The Coppersmith Suren", 1975

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  "At the Entrance", 1975

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  "A Girl in a Red Dress"

See also

• Ով ով է.հայեր(կենսագրական հանրագիտարան:Երկու հատորով),ՀՀ խմբ. հանձնաժողով՝ Հ. Մ. Այվազյան (գլխ. խմբագիր) և ուրիշներ,Երևան,Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատ.,Հ.1,Աբալյան-Ղուշչյան,2005:
• Երևանի ժամանակակից արվեստի թանգարան:
• Հակոբ Անանիկյան (1919-1977):
• Արտակարգ հետաքրքիր ու բարի մարդ էր»... Հակոբ Անանիկյան, Պանորամա:
• Հակոբ Անանիկյան, Անալիտիկ.am:
• Images from Հայաստանի ազգային պատկերասրահ: