Minas Avetisyan

He was born in Jajour village, Armenia.

1947-1952 studied at the Art Collage, named after P. Terlemezian, Yerevan.
1952-1954 Studied at Institute of Fine Arts art Drama.

The main theme of his works was Armenian nature, fields, people, mountains.

Avetisian’s method differs from the method of plain-air painting which was once widespread in Armenian art. For him working form nature is no more than a preliminary stage. The main portion of the work on the canvas was done in his studio.
-A great number of the artist’s works were lost during the fire in the studio in 1972.
The works are keep in “Home-Museum” of Minas Avetisyan (Yerevan), National Gallery of Armenian, State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow, Museum of Oriental Art Moscow, many private collection in Armenian, Russia and other countries.