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One of his masterpieces in painting is "Disasters of War".
This is a part of the Wikipedia article used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA). In 1929 the international exhibition, "Panorama de L`art contemporain"("Panorama of Contemporary Art") organized in the halls of the "BONAPART" Publishers, Kochar presented the works of "Painting in Space".
The author of the catalogue was French-Polish art critic Waldemar George (1893-1970). In that apartment, where he lived with his wife and daughters, he dedicated each room to a different artist. The full text of the article is here →
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Picasso Museum in Paris showcases Yervand Kochar’s ‘Painting in Space’
The exhibition titled ‘Léonce Rosenberg’s apartment: De Chirico, Ernst, Léger, Picabia…” opened at the Picasso Museum in Paris, France.
The exhibition tells the story of the legendary décor of the Paris flat of art dealer and gallery owner Léonce Rosenberg, featuring works of the greatest artists, including Yervand Kochar’s ‘Painting in Space’ (1934).
Fascinated by Cubism and dreaming of himself as a leader of the artistic avant-garde, Rosenberg transformed his Parisian home in honor of the artists he loved.
Those works were the first heralds of "Painting in Space".
In February Dr. Alendi delivered a lecture in Sorbonne on Kochar's "new painting". In 1936, while at the peak of his artistic fame, to the surprise of many, Kochar repatriated to Soviet Armenia, without the least bit of doubt that he was leaving Paris for good.
Between 1941 and 1943 Kochar was imprisoned on politically motivated charges, but was eventually freed due to the intervention of his friends from Nersissian School, Karo Halabian and Anastas Mikoyan.
Yervand Kochar continued working in Yerevan, earning award recognition as a Honored Artist of Armenia in 1956, People's Artist of Armenia award in 1965, State Prize recipient in 1967, Soviet Order of Red Banner in 1971 and People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1976.
His most recognized works include the statues of David of Sassoun (1959) which has become the symbol of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia; of Vardan Mamikonian (1975); of Komitas (1969) in Echmiadzin.
In 1928 there were reported cases of vandalism towards two sculpture-paintings by Kochar in the exhibition at the Salon des Indépendants. From 1918 to 1919 he studied at the State Free Art Studio of Moscow. Combining these works with furniture, Léonce Rosenberg created an unusual blend of genres.
Yervand Kochar was among the selected artists, with his ‘Painting in the Space’ (1934), now in the collection of the Center Pompidou in Paris, being showcased at the exhibition.
The exhibition also displays other references to Maestro Kochar’s art.
It is open from January 30 to May 19.
Yervand Kochar
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Moved to Yerevan in the fall.1937 – Became a member of the Union of Artists of Armenia, regularly participating in national and All-Union exhibitions.
On October 2, the newspaper “Soviet Armenia” accused Kocharyan of “anti-Soviet propaganda and counter-revolutionary activities.”
1938 – Participated in the Armenian Cultural Week held in Moscow.
1939 – Created a plaster statue of Sassoun David on horseback, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the “Sassoun David” epic, installed in Yerevan’s railway square (destroyed in 1941).
Illustrated the Leningrad academic edition of the “Sassoun David” epic.
1940 – Awarded the 2nd class prize in a national competition for the sketch of a statue of Nizami Ganjavi.
1941 – Arrested and imprisoned on June 23 by the NKVD on false charges.
1943 – Released on August 23 with the help of friends Karo Khalabyan and Anastas Mikoyan.
1944-1945 – Taught painting and drawing at the Faculty of Architecture.
1947-1948 – Worked at the H.
Paronyan Musical Comedy Theater.
Received a patent in Moscow for discovering a new (cold) method for making encaustic paintings.
The Council of Ministers of the Armenian SSR decided to organize the production of encaustic paintings using his method.
1953 – Installed the “Eagle of Zvartnots” monument (bronze) near the Zvartnots Temple.
1955 – Sonia Delone, Melina Kocharyan, and Waldemar Georges launched a campaign in Paris for Kocharyan’s solo exhibition, which resulted in a petition signed by prominent figures in French culture (the exhibition opened only in 1966, without the author or his post-Paris works present).
1956 – Awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR.
1959 – Erected the statue of Sassoun David on horseback (cast bronze) in Yerevan’s railway square.
1963 – The Georges Pompidou Center (Paris) acquired a work from the “Spatial Painting” series (1934).
1965 – First solo exhibition in Yerevan.
Received the title of People’s Artist of the Armenian SSR.
1967 – Awarded the State Prize for the “Sassoun David” statue.
1969 – Installed the statue of Komitas (cast bronze) in Ejmiadzin.
1970 – Participated in the “From Urartu to Our Days” exhibition (Louvre, Paris).
1971 – Second solo exhibition in Yerevan, at the Union of Artists of Armenia.
1972 – Published the album “Ervand Kocharyan” (compiler-author: H.
Igityan).
1973-1974 – Solo exhibitions at the Museum of Arts of Eastern Peoples (Moscow), Baku, and Tbilisi.
Kocharyan’s works were acquired by the Tretyakov Gallery and the Russian Museum.
1975 – Erected the second equestrian monument, “Vardan Mamikonian” (cast bronze) in Yerevan.
1976 – People’s Artist of the USSR.
1978 – Solo exhibition of graphic works.
1979 – Died in Yerevan on January 22.
1980 – Posthumous exhibition at the Union of Artists of Armenia.
1984 – The Ervand Kocharyan Museum opened in Yerevan.
1989 – Posthumous exhibition in Paris on the occasion of his 90th anniversary.
1997 – Kocharyan’s name was entered in UNESCO’s list of Anniversaries for 1998-1999.
2000 – Published a new album “Kocharyan” (compiler-author: H.
Igityan).
His works are held in the Ervand Kocharyan Museum (Yerevan), the National Gallery of Armenia, the Russian State Museum (St. He graduated in 1918 from Nersisian School, and, between 1915-1918, also studied at the Arts School of the Caucasus Association for Promotion of Fine Arts (known as O. Schmerling School) in Tbilisi. Among the participants of the exhibition were Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Henri Matisse, Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Liursa, Joan Miró, Survage, Utrillo, Vlamink, and others.
In total, 12 painters and sculptors were honored, with their works being displayed in bedrooms, living room, and dining room. The 15 works presented were new plastic and artistic means of expression which sought to involve time as an additional fourth dimension.
1899 – Born in Tiflis.
1909-1918 – Studied at the Nersisian School, where he learned painting from R.
Shamshinian.
1914-1918 – Studied at the Caucasian Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts’ School of Fine Arts and Sculpture, in E. Tadevosian’s class.
1918-1919 – Lived in Moscow and studied at the Free State Art Studios under P. Konchalovsky.
1919-1921 – Taught painting and fine arts in Tiflis gymnasiums.
1919-1920 – Participated in the Autumn II and III exhibitions (Tiflis).
1921 – Became a professor of painting at the Higher State Art-Technical Workshops.
1921-1922 – Member of the Exhibition Committee of the “Union of Armenian Artists” and the “Hayartun” society.
1922 – Opened a painting exhibition in Constantinople.
1923 – Moved to Paris, where his first solo exhibition was held.
1924 – Participated in the “Salon des Indépendants” and the “Salon d’Automne” exhibitions.
1926 – Participated in the “Salon des Indépendants.”
1928 – Solo exhibition of “Spatial Painting” at the “Van Leer” Gallery (catalogue author: Waldemar Georges).
1929 – “Spatial Painting” works were exhibited at the “Bonaparte” publishing house’s galleries and the “Contemporary Art Panorama” international exhibition, featuring artists such as Braque, Chagall, Delon, Lurçat, Matisse, Miró, Picabia, Picasso, Survage, Utrillo, and others.
1930 – Participated in the “Confrontation” exhibition, as well as exhibitions at the “Fenetre ouverte” gallery and London’s “The Leicester Galleries” with Léger, Metzinger, Severini, and others.
1932 – In Paris, participated in an exhibition of “Cubists, Surrealists, and Abstract Artists” at Léon Rosenberg’s gallery.
1934 – Solo exhibition “Kocharyan: Painting, Sculpture, Graphics” at the “Vignon” gallery.
1935 – After participating in exhibitions in Budapest, Brno, Bratislava, and Prague, published his doctrine on “Spatial Painting.”
1936 – Signed the Manifesto of Dimensionalism with Arp, Miró, Delon, Kandinsky, Picabia, and others.
Returned to Tiflis, applied for membership in the Union of Artists of Georgia but was rejected.
Among the participants of the exhibition were Georges Braque, Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, Henri Matisse, Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Liursa, Joan Miró and others. Kochar met Leonse Rosenberg, the well-known patron and connoisseur of modern art, who became a fan of Kochar's art. He returned to Tbilisi, where he was granted a certificate of professor of Fine Arts and Technical Studies by the People's Commissariat of the Georgian SSR.
In 1921 - 1922 Kochar was elected to the exhibition commission of the Union of Armenian Artists and became a member of the "HAYARTUN" (House of Armenian Art).
In April 1922 he left from Batum and traveled abroad - to Constantinople, then to Venice, Rome, Florence and Paris.
In 1936, while at the peak of his artistic fame, to the surprise of many, Kochar repatriated to Soviet Armenia.
His most recognized works include the statues of "David of Sassoun" (1959).
Ervand "Kochar" Kocharyan also known as Yervand Kochar (Armenian: Երվանդ Սիմոնի "Քոչար" Քոչարյան; 1899 – 1979) was a prominent sculptor and modern artist of the twentieth century and a founder of Painting in Space art movement.