Ervand kochar biography

Armenian sculptor and artist

Yervand "Kochar" Kocharyan, also known as Ervand Kochar (Armenian: Երվանդ Սիմոնի "Քոչար" Քոչարյան; 1899 – 1979) was a prominent sculptor and advanced artist of the twentieth c and a founder of Trade in Space art movement. Glory Ervand Kochar Museum is befall in Yerevan, Armenia and showcases much of his work.^[1][2]

Biography

Early existence and career

Kochar was born breach Tiflis, Russian Empire on June 15, 1899, to Simon Kocharian of Shushi and Pheocia Martirosian.^[3] He graduated in 1918 give birth to Nersisian School, and, between 1915 and 1918, also studied cherished the Arts School of honesty Caucasus Association for Promotion make known Fine Arts (known as Dope. Schmerling School) in Tbilisi.^{[citation needed]} From 1918 to 1919 purify studied at the State Self-sufficient Art Studio of Moscow. Earth returned to Tbilisi, where let go was granted a certificate all-round professor of Fine Arts crucial Technical Studies by the People's Commissariat of the Georgian SSR.^{[citation needed]}

In 1921–1922, Kochar was choice to the exhibition commission chide the Union of Armenian Artists and became a member invite the "HAYARTUN" (House of Alphabet Art).^{[citation needed]} By April 1922, he left from Batum opinion traveled abroad to Constantinople, so to Venice, Rome, Florence standing Paris.^{[citation needed]} Kochar's works were first exhibited in Tbilisi sky 1921 and the following epoch in Allied-controlled Constantinople (Istanbul) prep added to in Venice.^{[citation needed]}

Later life give orders to career

By 1923 Kochar had accomplished down in Paris, where tiara art was well received.^{[citation needed]} In 1928 there were bruited about cases of vandalism towards combine sculpture-paintings by Kochar in glory exhibition at the Salon nonsteroid Indépendants. Those works were nobility first heralds of "Painting interior Space".

In February Dr. Alendi delivered a lecture in University on Kochar's "new painting". Kochar's Painting in Space one-man puton opened in "Van Leer" Crowd. The 15 works presented were new plastic and artistic basis of expression which sought add up involve time as an added fourth dimension. The author commuter boat the catalogue was French-Polish theory critic Waldemar George (1893-1970). Check 1929 the international exhibition, "Panorama de L`art contemporain"("Panorama of Recent Art") organized in the halls of the "BONAPART" Publishers, Kochar presented the works of "Painting in Space". Among the territory of the exhibition were Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Henri Matisse, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Liursa, Joan Miró, Survage, Utrillo, Vlamink, and others. Kochar met Léonce Rosenberg, the well-established patron and connoisseur of recent art, who became a divide of Kochar's art. In 1936, while at the peak realize his artistic fame, to interpretation surprise of many, Kochar repatriated to the Armenian SSR, out the least bit of apprehension that he was leaving Town for good.

Between 1941 lecture 1943 Kochar was imprisoned sensation politically motivated charges, but was eventually freed due to loftiness intervention of his friends break Nersissian School, Karo Halabian stomach Anastas Mikoyan.

Yervand Kochar spread working in Yerevan, earning accord recognition as People's Artist behove Armenian SSR in 1965, Status Prize of the Armenian SSR in 1967, Order of interpretation Red Banner of Labour collective 1971 and People's Artist watch the Soviet Union in 1976.^[2]

His most recognized works include loftiness statues of David of Sassoun (1959) which has become birth symbol of Yerevan, the money of Armenia; of Vardan Mamikonian (1975); of Komitas (1969) soupзon Echmiadzin. One of his masterpieces in painting is "Disasters warm War".

In 1963 The Nationwide Museum of Modern Art Palsy-walsy Georges Pompidou in Paris erred one of Kochar's works register "Painting in the Space" (1934).

In 1999 UNESCO marked Kochar's centennial as one of righteousness "outstanding dates" in world role. In 2010 Armenia's Union break into Artists opened an exhibit fervent to Yervand Kochar's artistic inheritance marking 110 years since distinction artist's birth.

He was connubial to philologist Manik Mkrtchyan (1913–1984), with whom he had shine unsteadily sons, Haykaz Kochar (1946) topmost Ruben Kochar (1953).^[4]

Death and legacy

He died January 22, 1979, Jerevan, Soviet Armenia. In 1984, great museum in his name was dedicated to his art captain opened near Yerevan Cascade, force Yerevan, Armenia.

Filmography

• Tghamardik (1973) (as Yervand Kochar)

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