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Richard H. Tashjian
Mt. Ararat, near the Ardashat area with Thorn tree, Armenia

1983

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Mt. Ararat, near the Ardashat area with Thorn tree in Armenia. Signed lower right. Certificate of authenticity is available. Nicely framed with fabric matbaord and silver frame. About Richard H. Tashjian Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. in 1926, Richard served in the U.S.N.R. World War II 1944-46 as a photographer and later graduated from the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston, 1950. He studied design under Prof. Gyorgy Kepes at M.I.T. School of Visual Design Architectural Center Cambridge, MA. Richard’s talents resulted in a successful career in advertising art, where he worked as a commercial artist and art director for various distinguished ad agencies throughout the Boston area. For several years, he owned and operated an art studio and gallery in Watertown, MA. While continuing to depict nature in his harmonious style that utilizes layers of color. He brings a passion for the natural world and international perspective to his paintings. His brush has rendered scenes in the Crimea and the south of France. Having moved to Santa Fe New Mexico recently he has already made canyons, mesas and skies of the Southwest his own. EDUCATION: Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. 1950 MILITARY: World War II, U.S. Naval Reserve 1944-46 SELECTED AWARDS: A.S.A. Ara S. Boyan Award in Humanities 1975 for the contribution to Living Arts-Bromall, PA. Stone & Webster Arts Festival, Boston, MA. 1978 First Prize-Watercolor Medium 1979 First Prize-Graphic Prints Visiting Artist Honored Medal 1990 100th Anniversary of Hovhaness Aivasofski July 22, 1990, Theodosia Crimea Russia SELECTED One Man Shows: Brockton Art Fuller Memorial Museum Brockton, MA 1972 Secretary of State Office-Boston, MA State House 1975 Newton Public Library Newton, MA 1978 AGBU Art Gallery New York 1979 Armenian Library and Museum of America 1990 Watertown, MA. Editions Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 1997 Grunthal Gallery, Taos, NM. 1999 Editions Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 2002 Paxton McCall Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM. 2002 Wilder Nightingale fine Art, Taos, NM. 2002 Editions Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. 2006 PUBLICATIONS: Ararat Quarterly Issue No. 53 AGBU NY. 1970 The American Review Saruyan Memorial Issue Boston MA.. 1981 Listed Who’s Who in the East 1991 Listed in the German Artistic Encyclopedia 1983 Cultural Artist of All Times and Nation, F.G. Saur Munich-Leipzig Soviet Emigre Artists Life and Work in the USSR & United States M.E Sharp Inc., Armonk, NY London 1985 Minas AAA Publishing, Canada 1996 AFFILIATIONS: Artists Association of America, Watertown, MA. Boston Visual Artists, Union, Boston, MA. Copely society of Boston, MA.
  • Creator:
    Richard H. Tashjian (1927)
  • Creation Year:
    1983
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    La Canada Flintridge, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU102737029262
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