Days of Germany in Armenia to start with graphic artist Horst Janssen's exhibition

PanARMENIAN.Net - Germany Days in Armenia to be inaugurated on Mar. 20 by Horst Janssen's Works Exhibition in

Armenian National Picture Gallery . More than 160 works of German printmaker were displayed.

The exhibition will also be held in Gyumri, Martuni and Kapan, German Embassy in Armenia told PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.



Germany Days in Armenia, initiated by German Embassy in Armenia and RA Ministry of Culture, will include exhibitions, readings and scientific conference.



On Mar. 21 Armenian National Picture Gallery will host a lecture entitled "Horst Janssen and his heritage".



Horst Janssen was a German printmaker born on Nov. 14, 1929 in Hamburg.

In 1946 at the age of sixteen, Janssen enrolled at the Landeskunstschule (Regional Art School) in Hamburg. Later, he worked on a series of large-scale color woodcuts that were displayed in his apartment in 1957. Janssen gained recognition and the same year had an exhibition in Hanover in the Hans Brockstedt Gallery. He won first prize for graphic art at the Venice Biennale in 1968.

Horst Janssen died on Aug. 31, 1995 and was buried in the Gertruden Cemetery in Oldenburg.