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Edward VARDANYAN
Was born in 1946 in Talin (Annenia). Irs 1976, he
graduated from the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theatre
Institute. He has been a member of the Artists' Union
of the USSR since 1982. He has participated in
exhibitions since 1977. One-man show: 1999-in
Yerevan. His pictures are property of museums of
Armenia, Russia, Ukraine and private collections in
Armenia, Russia, USA, France, Germany, Canada,
Syria, Finland. Since 1979, he has been teac1aing
painting in the Yerevan Institute of Arts. He is the
Dean of the Art Department and has the rank of
professor.
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Mini Biography:
Characteristic of this painter's manner is his lyrical approach to the world and
life. It is manifested in a composed rhythm of generalized plastic images,
touching simplicity of compositions and true accord of warm tones. His
paintings make an impression of a slowly passing time, sometimes of "synthetic
reminiscences", in which whimsical birds exist next to mysterious fairies. Feelings evoked
by the depicted sky vault are akin to those aroused by steady landscape, and his
"lavish" palette together with the expressive lissome dabs excite a spontaneous and
emotional sense of Nature. It seems that a wave of tenderness begins to overflow the
canvas when a relief and light silhouette of a woman turns up" in his paintings. The
artist encircles her with almost idyllic environment, extenuating the outlines and tonal
blends of the latter. Thus, exact images yield to a kind of fairy-tale or fanciful
recollections. The artist strives after clarity of colors, trying to attain pure local tones.
Using the whole range of his rich palette, he, nevertheless, shows preference for the
golden and raddle paints. He creates the antipode of our pragmatic world: his own
oasis, full of magic enchantment, oasis of sensuality with its atmosphere of gentle sorrow
that reflects the artist's vain dream of achieving a close union of a human being and
Nature.
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