Vardges Sureniants (1860-1921)1

1. VardgesSurenyants 1

2. VardgesSureniants (1860 –1921) was an Armenian painter, sculptor, illustrator, translator, art critic, and theater artist. He is considered the founder of Armenian historical painting. His paintings feature scenes from Armenian fairy-tales and various historical events. Although Sureniants had one exhibition dedicated to his works in his lifetime, he was admired by many of his contemporaries which include many well-known figures in Russian and Armenian society including MartirosSaryan, Ilya Repin, and Vladimir Stasov. However there have been many posthumous exhibitions in his honor, including exhibitions at Venice (1924), Yerevan (1931, 1941, 1960, 2010) and elsewhere. The most recent exhibition was held in 2010 in honor of Sureniants' 150th anniversary. During the exhibition, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Tigran Sargsyan, said that: Sureniants can well be ascribed to the family of the world's best artists, and our State has much to do in this respect: the celebration of his 150th anniversary should launch the process of his international recognition. I happened to discover an exciting detail as I familiarized myself with his life experience. During his lifetime, Sureniants had only one personal exposition: in Baku in 1901. Our initiative is exceptional from this point of view as we have tried to bring to the public’s attention all we could collect over time In 1917 Sureniants moved to Yalta where he was commissioned to draw the decorations for the newly built Armenian cathedral. Sureniants decorated the altar, walls, and dome of the church. While decorating the church Surentiants suffered a grave illness. He died on 6 April 1921, and is buried in the premises of the Armenian church of Yalta

3. Lamb brothers - fairy tale illustrations

4. Harem 1918

5. Adoration 1899 Church 1892

6. Knight woman (sketch) Knight woman

7. Knight woman (detail)

8. Vienna library porch (1897) A corner of Rome (1881)

9. Saint Germain Church in Paris, 1897 Statue of Colleoni Venice, 1881

10. Spain (sketch) 1897 Alhambra Spain, 1897

11. Spain. Study ladder The Spanish dancer 1901

12. Spain, 1897

13. The girl playing on the eastern tool Serenade 1888

14. Greek woman that additional painting 1901 Greek woman 1921

15. Ferdowsi reading Shahname to Shah Mahmud Ghaznavi, 1913

17. In the Harem, date unknown

18. Eastern Dancer, Chechen-Ingush Museum of Fine Arts, Grozny In the Harem, 1887

19. The tsar and the odalisque

20. Dudkahar The old man Portrait 1891

21. A Man (Uncle Nakho from Van), 1916 (Left), The Young Man of Sasun, 1915

22. Sketch for a Composition

23. The Refugee Girl, 1915, Portrait of a Boy from Kavash, date unknown

24. Yard Woman Shatakh

25. Immigrants, 1916 immigrant girl

26. She Bitlistsi Mokatsi girls. 1915

27. "Lamb brothers' fairy tale illustrations Emigrant

28. Woman Shatakh

29. Migrant peasant woman (Vaspourakan)

30. Men's figure (Sassoon) (1915) Maro. Mokatsi girl (1915-16)

31. Peasant Women, 1916 Van women

33. Lying woman

34. A farmer with a horse.Ani Vartan (1915)

35. Van girls

36. Oshakan the River Kasakh, 1915 Front of Persian house Julfa

37. Scale-model to P. Yartsev's Play At the Temple

38. HunarHelborg Love Tragedy (stage decoration)

39. The monastery of St. Hripsime

41. Portrait of Catherine Nersesovna Jivilegovayi 1897 Wait 1900

43. Oscar Ualdi -Young King-fairytale illustrations Firdusi ‘s “Rostam and Zohrab “ illustration The sketch on the cover of the book of fairy tales

44. The tale illustrations (the king of the old man) Illustrations for Armenian Folk Tales

45. Portraits

46. Portrait of Catholicos Khrimian Hayrik

47. Portrait of a Woman 1899 Geisha. Japanese (1900) Portrait of Idleson, 1913

48. The fairy tale illustrations. Cinderella Harem

49. Salomé 1907

50. Grief, date unknown The woman's figure