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Martiros Saryan

1880 - 1972

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Martiros Saryan (Armenian: Մարտիրոս Սարյան; Russian: Мартиро́с Сарья́н; 28 February [O.S. 16 February] 1880 – 5 May 1972) was an Armenian painter, People's Artist of the USSR (1960), member of the USSR Academy of Fine Arts (1947), president of the Artists' Union of Soviet Armenia (1945-1951), the founder of a modern Armenian national school of painting. Born in Nakhichevan-on-Don, Saryan attended the local school and graduated from the New Nakhichevan Russian-Armenian College. His works were mainly inspired by his travels to Armenia and the Middle East. Saryan permanently moved to Armenia after the establishment of ASSR. His works were exhibited in Moscow, Venice, Yerevan, Paris, Brussels and other cities. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martiros Saryan is the 553rd most popular painter (up from 603rd in 2019), the 508th most popular biography from Russia (up from 550th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Russian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Martiros Saryan ranks 553 out of 2,023. Before him are Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Remedios Varo, Paloma Picasso, and Sebastiano Ricci. After him are Ambrosius Bosschaert, Anton von Werner, Willem Kalf, Pierre Puget, Anton Ažbe, and Peter von Cornelius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Martiros Saryan ranks 50. Before him are Otto Meissner, Archie Hahn, Adam Czerniaków, Mack Sennett, María de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, and Marie-Louise Meilleur. After him are Ugo Cavallero, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Alice Bailey, Nikolaj Velimirović, and Jan Kubelík. Among people deceased in 1972, Martiros Saryan ranks 54. Before him are Fredric Brown, Bronislava Nijinska, Akim Tamiroff, Jo Bonnier, Lester B. Pearson, and Harlow Shapley. After him are Ettore Bastico, Mahalia Jackson, Hans Scharoun, Karl Silberbauer, S. R. Ranganathan, and Clara Campoamor.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Martiros Saryan ranks 508 out of 3,761. Before him are Sergey Brin (1973), Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806), Hans Pfitzner (1869), Salawat Yulayev (1754), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), and Viktor Suvorov (1947). After him are Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), Hadji Murad (1795), P. D. Ouspensky (1878), Vasily Shukshin (1929), Vasily Dokuchaev (1846), and Igor Ivanov (1945).

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Among PAINTERS In Russia

Among painters born in Russia, Martiros Saryan ranks 20. Before him are Mikhail Vrubel (1856), Lyubov Popova (1889), Valentin Serov (1865), Ivan Bilibin (1876), Vasily Surikov (1848), and Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806). After him are Boris Kustodiev (1878), Nikolai Ge (1831), Konstantin Makovsky (1839), Nicolas de Staël (1914), Mikhail Nesterov (1862), and Jean Béraud (1849).

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