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3 unusual facts about Minas Avetisyan


Mikhail Vartanov

This documentary, a silent commentary of gestures of painter Martiros Saryan, also featured Vartanov’s friends, the dissident artists Minas Avetisyan and Sergei Parajanov, for which the film was censored and suppressed; Avetisyan was assassinated and Parajanov was imprisoned shortly after.

Minas Avetisyan

In 1972, while Avetisyan was in Jajur with his family, his studio and many of his canvas were burned down.

The main theme of his works was Armenian nature, the nature of Jajur, the religion, poor people, mountains, fields etc.



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