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RA People’s Artist Zakhar Khachatryan dies

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One of the notable figures in fine arts Zakhar Khachatryan, Armenia’s People’s Artist and Honoured Painter of Russian Federation, Professor of the Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan passed away in his 92nd year. Zakhar Khchatryan was born in village Sarnakunq in Sisian region in 1924. He had not yet finished school when the Great Patriotic War commenced. At that period he went to the front. Upon the end of the war he returned to his homeland and in 1946 he was admitted to the Yerevan Fine Arts College after Panos Terlemezyan; he graduated therefrom in 1948. In 1950, the gifted young man was already the student of the St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture after Ilya Repin which he graduated with an honour degree in 1956. From 1959-1962 he worked at the workshop of the USSR’s People’s Artists, Academician Alexander Gerasimov. Upon return to his motherland in 1962, he showed an active participation in the country’s socio-cultural life. He participated in republican and all-Union exhibitions, had individual exhibitions in St. Petersburg, Genève, Moscow, Yerevan, Echmiadzin, where he received awards and diplomas. His marvelous paintings created on a high professional level, stand out for their ideological orientation, reflecting the progressive life of the state. From 1970-1992, and afterwards from 2012 until the end of his days he was giving lectures at the Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan; from 1981-1994 he was in charge of the Chair of Drawing where he transferred all of his knowledge and skills to the younger generations. He was the honour citizen of his town SIsian, as well as the Presidnet of the Council of war artists veterans in Saint Petersburg. And last but not least, Zakhar Khchatryan was awarded with the first and second class and the red start medal, as well as he received numerous awards, international prizes. The memory of the great patriot, the true citizen and a talented artist will stay bright in the hearts of his friends and colleagues. Republic of Armenia Ministry of Education and Science Republic of Armenia Ministry of Culture Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovyan