Sarkis Diranian

Sarkis Diranian (; 1854 - 1938) was an Armenian orientalist painter. Originally from the Ottoman Empire, he was established for many years in Paris.

Life Diranian was born in 1854 in Constantinople and studied art at the school of drawing and painting opened on Hamalbaşi Street in Beyoğlu by the French artist Pierre Desire Guillemet in 1875. His painting The Enchantress was exhibited in the photography studio of the Abdullah Freres in Beyoğlu in 1883, and on the proceeds from its sale he went to Paris and worked in the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme. In 1892 and 1900 he won the prize of honor at the international Paris exhibitions. In 1908 he held a one-person exhibition in Paris and in 1909 participated in a mixed exhibition in Munich. He died in Paris in 1938.

Works

His major works include Woman Tying a Rose (1897), The Dancer and Five O'Clock exhibited in Paris in 1910, Naked Woman in the collection at the Dolmabahçe Palace, and Children Playing Knuckbones in the collection of the presidential residence in Ankara.