Zhanna Aghamiryan | |
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Ժաննա Աղամիրյան | |
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Born | 1936 |
Died | 1975 |
Known for | Director of Children's Art Museum, Yerevan |
Zhanna Aghamiryan in Armenian: Ժաննա Աղամիրյան (1936 -1975 [1]) was an Armenian artist, art critic, teacher, founder and the first director of Yerevan Children's Gallery, the world (and the Soviet Union's) first children's art museum. [2] [3] Her work at the museum established an artistic education for many artists, such as Sergey Rubenyan. [4] [5] The gallery was founded in 1970 by Aghamiryan and her husband Henrik Igityan; in 1978 it was renamed the Children's Art Museum. [2] This later became part of the National Centre for Aesthetics. [4] She died in a plane crash. [6]
Zhanna Aghamiryan | |
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Ժաննա Աղամիրյան | |
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Born | 1936 |
Died | 1975 |
Known for | Director of Children's Art Museum, Yerevan |
Zhanna Aghamiryan in Armenian: Ժաննա Աղամիրյան (1936 -1975 [1]) was an Armenian artist, art critic, teacher, founder and the first director of Yerevan Children's Gallery, the world (and the Soviet Union's) first children's art museum. [2] [3] Her work at the museum established an artistic education for many artists, such as Sergey Rubenyan. [4] [5] The gallery was founded in 1970 by Aghamiryan and her husband Henrik Igityan; in 1978 it was renamed the Children's Art Museum. [2] This later became part of the National Centre for Aesthetics. [4] She died in a plane crash. [6]