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Renowned painter and literary critic Vagrich Bakhcanyan passes away in New York

14.11.2009 10:38 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Renowned painter and literary critic Vagrich Bakhchyan, 72, has passed away in New York.

Bakhchyan was born in Kharkov where he studied in the local decorative art school under avant-garde artist Vasily Ermilov. In 1965, he took part in the first non-official exhibition.

Short time afterwards, the artist moved to Moscow where, in 1967-74, he worked in the humor department of Literaturnaya Gazeta and 12 Chairs Art Club, together with Vladimir Ivanov, Igor Makarov and Vitaly Peskov. He was published in Znanie-Sila and Yunost magazines.

Many of Bakhcanyan's aphorisms and witty remarks became pieces of folklore.

In 1974, the artist emigrated to New York where he continued his activity . Over the recent years, many of his works were displayed in Moscow, New York, Las Vegas, Kiev and Vienna, Lenta.ru reports.

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