Martiros Saryan was born on February 16 (28), 1880, in Nor Nakhijevan. He was a prominent Armenian painter, often called the “master of colors” or the “magician of colors.”
Saryan’s ancestors had emigrated from Ani to Crimea, then to Nor Nakhijevan. In 1895, he graduated from the Armenian-Russian school in Nor Nakhijevan, in 1903, from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, and improved his skills in the studios of Valentin Serov and Konstantin Korovin. During his studies, he created “Self-portrait”, “Mayravank” (1902), portraits of his mother, Ustiyan Saryan (1898) and Sofya Miansaryan (1903).
In 1901, he first visited Yerevan, Ashtarak, Vagharshapat, Sevan, and in 1902, Ani.
“Nature creates man so that he can see himself and admire himself through man…” — Martiros Saryan
He considered a miracle something that many people don’t even notice: color. “I dream about color, color is a real miracle,” he said. Saryan mainly painted images of nature, which I really like.
Martiros Saryan
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