{"id":128869,"date":"2020-05-20T09:08:27","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T09:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/2020\/05\/20\/249355\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T13:41:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T13:41:26","slug":"armenian-central-bank-issues-collector-coins-dedicated-to-three-prominent-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armbanks.am\/en\/2020\/05\/20\/128869\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenian central bank issues collector coins dedicated to three prominent artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

YEREVAN, May 20. \/ARKA\/. <\/strong>The Central Bank of Armenia has issued three collector coins to mark the 150th anniversary of landscape painter Yeghishe Tadevossian\u2019s birth, the 125th birthday of actor Hrachia Nersisyan and the 100th birthday of filmmaker Henri Verneuil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeghishe Tadevossian \u2013 150th anniversary of the birth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 100-dram 9250 silver coin of 28,28 weight has been minted in the Lithuanian Mint in the quantity of 500. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obverse: a fragment from Yeghishe Tadevossian\u2019s \u201cJustine, the painter\u2019s wife\u201d (1903) painting. Reverse: fragments from Yeghishe Tadevossian\u2019s \u201cSelf-portrait\u201d (1933), \u201cAraqelots Church on the Sevan Island\u201d (Sketch, 1934) paintings. Designed by Lusine Lalayan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yeghishe Tadevossian (1870-1936) is one of the well-known masters of Armenian landscape and portrait painting. He is an honored art worker of the Armenian SSR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tadevossian was born in Vagharshapat, Armenia. He studied at Ter-Hakobyan boarding house in Tiflis (1879-1881), Moscow\u2019s Lazarian Seminary (1881-1885) and School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1885-1894). He worked as an art teacher at the Gevorgian Seminary in Etchmiadzin (1894-1895). Tadevossian participated in many exhibitions in Yerevan, Tiflis and Moscow. In1916, he assisted in creating the Union of Armenian Artists, and was elected as its Chairman. He was one of the founders of the Georgian Academy of Art (1923) and one of its first professors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mainly a painter, Tadevossian exposed his talent in the field of graphics, applied arts, mosaic and sculpture as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tadevossian\u2019s first works speak of a profound sense of color and loyalty to classical traditions. The landscapes created by the artist are peculiar as they express freshness and lyricism (\u201cAragats\u201d, 1917, \u201cArarat\u201d, 1934). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tadevossian is a brilliant portraitist. The painter’s mastery is shown in the early portraits(\u201cA. Shirvanzade\u201d, 1929, \u201cH. Tumanyan\u201d, 1933), and his last painting \u201cKomitas\u201d, 1935, boasts a prominent portraiture. As a contemporary of the rise of the Armenian national liberation movement, Tadevossian periodically referred to the past of the Armenian people (\u201cFuneral Repast: Death of Artashes\u201d, \u201cTorq Angegh\u201d, 1910, \u201cArshak and Parandzem\u201d, 1921).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The works of Yeghishe Tadevossian are at the National Gallery of Armenia, Charents Museum of Literature and Art, the Moscow State Museum of the Oriental Art, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hrachia Nersisyan \u2013 125th anniversary of the birth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 8,6 weight coin of face value of 10,000 drams, made of 9000 gold, has been designed by Lusine Lalaya and minted in the Lithuanian Mint in the quantity of 300. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obverse: a fragment of the bas-relief on the memorial dedicated to Hrachia Nersisyan (author \u2013 Stepan Kyurkchyan). Reverse: a portrait of Hrachia Nersisyan (author \u2013 Nerses Kirakosyan).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hrachia Nersisyan (1895-1961) is a prominent Armenian actor, People\u2019s Artist of the USSR (1956).
\nHe received education at French and American Colleges, and at the Armenian Essayean College, Constantinople. Stage activity started as an actor in the Penklyan theater group. Starting 1919 he played at the theatre \u201cArmenian drama\u201d of Constantinople. In 1922, together with V. Papazyan, M.Janan and other actors, Nersisyan moved to Soviet Armenia and, starting 1923, he became a lifelong resident of Yerevan and an actor at the First State Theater (now the National Academic Theater after Sundukyan).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nersisyan\u2019s mastery and talent were fully revealed in his playing of Falstaff, Othello, King Lear (\u201cThe Funnier Women of Windsor\u201d, \u201cOthello\u201d, \u201cKing Lear\u201d by W. Shakespeare), Paghtasar Aghbar (\u201cPaghtasar Aghbar\u201d by H. Paronyan, Elizbaryan (\u201cFor the Sake of Honor\u201d by A. Shirvanzade), Protasov (\u201cLiving Corpse\u201d by L. Tolstoy), Mac-Gregor (\u201cMy Heart\u2019s in the Highlands\u201d by W. Saroyan). Since 1925 he has starred in films as Rustam (\u201cNamus\u201d, 1925), Pepo (\u201cPepo\u201d, 1935), Davit Bek (\u201cDavit Bek\u201d, 1944), Ghambaryan (\u201cWhy the River is Making Noise\u201d, 1958), Nerses Aghbar (\u201cTzhvzhik\u201d, 1961).
\nMastering the art of personifying with great ease and using a broader spectrum of means for expressing, Nersisyan could equally portray tragic, dramatic, and comical roles, while conveying deep emotional content. Nersisyan\u2019s creative pathos is the compassion for the truly persecuted hero, which is emphasized in the artist\u2019s recent roles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artistic profile, aesthetic value of art and emotional appeal has given Hrachia Nersisyan wide popularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henry Verneuil- 100th anniversary of the birth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 9250 silver coin of 28,28 weight and the nominal value of 100 drams has been designed by Eduard Kurghinyan and minted in the Lithuanian Mint in the quantity of 500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obverse: images of Order of the French Legion of Honor, Parajanov\u2019s Thaler and Cesar prizes awarded to Henri Verneuil. Reverse: a portrait of Henri Verneuil, a videotape and the fragments of the posters of the \u201cForbidden Fruit\u201d (1952) and \u201cIt Happened All Night\u201d (1960) films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Henri Verneuil (born Ashot Malakian, 1920-2002), a French filmmaker of Armenian origin, a writer, a member of French Academy of Fine Arts. He studied at the Applied Art School in Marseilles, and then entered the \u00c9cole Nationale d’Arts et Metiers in Aix-en-Provence in 1942. After graduation, he worked as a journalist, then became editor of \u201cHorizon\u201d, an Armenian magazine. In 1945, appearing as Henri Verneuil he published a series of articles on the Armenian Question in \u201cLa Marseillese\u201d. Starting from 1948, Verneuil worked in cinema. He produced more than 40 films (\u201cThe Forbidden Fruit\u201d (1952), \u201cMaxim\u201d (1958), \u201cThe President\u201d (1961), among others, with the participation of world-class actors.
\nOne of the best examples of contemporary cinematic art is Henri Verneuil\u2019s \u201cMayrig\u201d, a biographical film shot in 1991. It features the history of the Armenian family who survived the Armenian Genocide and migrated to France. In 1996, the film was awarded a C\u00e9sar, and the script was translated and published into dozens of languages, becoming a credential for the adamant-like spirit and revival of Armenians. -0—-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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