bellthecat Posted December 10, 2001 Report Share Posted December 10, 2001 This is from an old postcard - I don't have a better scan to read the writing, but can anyone recognise the Armenians depicted(eg.: the guy at the right looks a bit like H. Abovian). Also, it is a painting rather than a photograph - has anyone seen the actual painting, or know anything about it? Steve http://virtualani.homestead.com/files/armenian_personalities.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted December 10, 2001 Report Share Posted December 10, 2001 All of them are very famous Armenians. I can recognize Raffi, Mikael Nalbandian, and of course one of our great Church Leaders ever - Hrimian Hyrig. Unfortunately I could not read clearly the text beneath the picture, but I think the names of those on it are there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted December 10, 2001 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2001 Could you put names to the faces, lets say working left to right, numbering them 1 to 9. I was bidding for the card on ebay - it started at 10 dollars, but I had to drop out once it went above 30 dollars, 30 dollars just for a postcard is a bit much, no matter how important the Armenians are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted December 10, 2001 Report Share Posted December 10, 2001 let's see.i think i have a better vision. from left to right: RaffiMichael NalbandianPeshiktashlianArtsruniGhevond AlishanKhrimian HayrikRaphael PatkanianNazarianKhachatur Abovian i hope you know who they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anahid Takouhi Posted December 10, 2001 Report Share Posted December 10, 2001 Abres too Harutik vor janachetsir hay medz martig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellthecat Posted December 13, 2001 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Harut:from left to right:RaffiMichael NalbandianPeshiktashlianArtsruniGhevond AlishanKhrimian HayrikRaphael PatkanianNazarianKhachatur Aboviani hope you know who they are.Thank's Harut I have seen most of the names before, and know a little about a few of them. However, not one seems to have been mentioned in "Famous Armenians" before. So maybe someone who knows something about them in detail might post something. Another question - is the scene entirely imaginary? Are those depicted from different time periods, or countries? Could they all have been gathered together like this or is it an entirely symbolic painting? Note the symbolic "mother Armenia" figure to the left of the door and what looks like an idealised scene from Ani to the right. And Ararat at the top right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted December 14, 2001 Report Share Posted December 14, 2001 sorry, i didn't have a time to find complete biographies.i'll just post the dates. Raffi 1835 - 1888Michael Nalbandian 1829 - 1866Mkrtich Peshiktashlian 1828 - 1868Andreas Artsruni 1847 - 1898 (i'm not sure at all if this is him)Ghevond Alishan 1820 - 1901Khrimian Hayrik 1820 - 1907Khachatur Abovian 1809 - 1848 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAS Posted December 14, 2001 Report Share Posted December 14, 2001 Harut, arajin cucakn aveli lriv er: Mi poqrik &shtum. Grigor Artsruni` "Mshak" terti xmbagir: Stepanos Nazaryan` "Hyusisapayl" terti xmbagir..._________SAS [ December 14, 2001: Message edited by: SAS ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted December 14, 2001 Report Share Posted December 14, 2001 Thanks SAS jan, chei nkatel vor Patkanianin u Nazarianin cheg @ndgrkel. yes @tents el gitei vor im grats Artsrunin et Artsrunin chi. i'll write the rest of them shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted December 14, 2001 Report Share Posted December 14, 2001 here we go: Stepanos Nazaryan 1814 - 1879Grigor Artsruni 1845 - 1892 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edit Posted March 26, 2002 Report Share Posted March 26, 2002 I think this is an imaginary scene(maybe I am wrong) cause we have only one picture from Khachatur Abovyan which is not even his picture;that's his sister's picture who really looks like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted March 27, 2002 Report Share Posted March 27, 2002 most likely it is imaginary. just look at Abovian and Khrimian Harik.Abovian is 11 years older that Harik.but i wouldn't say that from that picture.unless Abovian went through series of plastic surgeries. [ March 26, 2002, 06:13 PM: Message edited by: Harut ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anahid Takouhi Posted March 27, 2002 Report Share Posted March 27, 2002 Last night was great your GREAT imagination made you one of those famous armenian men Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted March 27, 2002 Report Share Posted March 27, 2002 I thought I had seen that portrait before and I had read who had composed it and when.It is obviously a composition, a decoupage since very few of the pictured lived at the same time in the same place.Ironically Abovian who looks the youngest of them is in fact the oldest. It seems like the faces from the available photographs were pasted over painted bodies, just as the props and the decor were painted. One must admit it is a good paste job. From left to right, as identified in the postcard, their birth and death dates. I will also place in parantheses the age of the person at the time Khachatur vanished. Raffi 1835-1888 [13]Mikael Nalpantian 1829-1866 [19]M. Peshiktashlian 1828-1868 [20]Grigor Arzruni 18451892 [3]Fr. Alishan 1820-1901 [28]Cath. M.Khrimian 1820-1907 [28]R. Patkanian 1830-1892 [18]St. Nazarian 1812-1879 [36]K. Avovian 1809-1848 [39 Obviously] The next question. What are the paintings hanging on the walls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antranig Posted March 28, 2002 Report Share Posted March 28, 2002 but the real question is... why are they sitting on one side of the table ?mmm ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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