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THE ARTIST |
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ISZCHAN NAZARIAN In 1971, Iszchan moved to Warsaw, Poland
and began his studies at the Academy of Fine Art,
He graduated in 1975 with an
MFA degree in the faculty of painting. |
THE ARTIST ABOUT HIMSELF Painting is my World and the sun fills me with wonder. I have been painting since my childhood. The rough Armenian nature, the sun, mountains and stony landscape have always been my inspiration. Although I have been living in Poland for ten years which I regard as my second fatherland, the sun od Armenia has a great meaning to me. Those, who know Armenia, may think that my pictures are too colourful, but my fatherland is such. It is still with me and influences my painting.
Henryk Igitian Iszchan uses his colours with ease, showing no preference for a particular hue. His painting is inhibited, varied, decorative. Not infreguently he pays attention to details producing contrasts and enhancing the works' appeal.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Iszchan speaks of his childhood as a time of
poverty and hunger but also as a time of innocence, beauty and friendship. In
grade school he was not favored as a pupil since he did not devote much time to
study. In fact his notebooks were filled with drawings and scribbles rather than
homework assignments. Art was consistently the only class that he excelled in.
Despite Iszchan’s artistic inclinations he completed the Technical Institute of
Electronic Machines in Erevan.
He did not continue on this path, however, and after trying his hand in a broad
range of jobs including barber and bricklayer in 1968 he enrolled at the Academy
of Fine
and Theatrical Arts in Erevan.
While still an art student, Iszchan met his
future wife through a mutual friend. Elizabeth is Polish and upon their marriage
the couple settled near Warsaw in Poland. Iszchan continued his studies at the
Warsaw Academy of Art, which he completed with a Masters degree in the faculty
of painting and tapestry making in the year 1974. He began to exhibit his works
in Poland and in other European countries. Quickly his talent was recognized and
reviews of his works were favorable, even enthusiastic.
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