About Zhanna Aghamiryan
Lived 1936 – 1975 (aged 38). Zhanna Aghamiryan was a Russian painter and art historian.
Zhanna Aghamiryan (; 1936 -1975 ) 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. Her work at the museum established an artistic education for many artists, such as Sergey Rubenyan. The gallery was founded in 1970 by Aghamiryan and her husband Henrik Igityan; in 1978 it was renamed the Children's Art Museum.
Selected works
Детская картинная галерея [Children's Art Gallery] (1979)
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Who was Zhanna Aghamiryan?
Armenian curator
When was Zhanna Aghamiryan born?
Zhanna Aghamiryan was born on 16 December 1936 in Batumi.
When did Zhanna Aghamiryan die?
Zhanna Aghamiryan died on 15 July 1975 in Batumi.
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Zhanna Aghamiryan was a painter and art historian.
What nationality was Zhanna Aghamiryan?
Zhanna Aghamiryan was Russian.
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