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'''Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz''' ({{lang-ru|Гево́рк Варта́нович Котья́нц}}; [[November 12]], [[1906]], [[Shusha]], [[Armenia]], [[Russian Empire]] - [[1996]], [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] ), a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Russians|Russian]] - [[Armenian]] [[Artist|painter]] living and working in [[Leningrad]], member of the [[Saint Petersburg Union of Artists]] (before 1992 [[Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation]]<ref>''Directory of Members of the Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 1.''- Moscow: Soviet artist, 1979. - p.552.</ref>, regarded as one of the inmates and representatives of the Leningrad school of painting<ref>''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.''- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp.18, 21, 24, 363, 389, 390, 392-400, 402-404, 443, 444.</ref>.
'''Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz''' ({{lang-hy|Գևորգ Վարդանի Կոթյանց}}; {{lang-ru|Гево́рк Варта́нович Котья́нц}}; 12 November 1909 – 28 August 1996) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Armenians|Armenian]] painter, who lived and worked in [[Leningrad]], regarded as one of representatives of the [[Leningrad School of Painting|Leningrad school of painting]].<ref>''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.18, 21, 24, 363, 389, 390, 392-400, 402-404, 443, 444.</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==


He was born on 12 November 1909 in [[Shusha]], [[Elizavetpol Governorate]] in the family of craftsman jeweler.<ref>''Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz. Exhibition of works. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1979. P.3.</ref> In the same year his family moved to the North Caucasus in [[Pyatigorsk]].
Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz was born [[November 12]], [[1906]] in [[Shusha]], [[Armenia]].
In [[1927]]-[[1935]] Gevork Kotiantz studied in private Art Studio in Pitigorsk, Northern Caucus, then in Higher School of Artists improvement qualification in [[Leningrad]]. Studed of Pavel Naumov, Alexander Karev, Rudolf Frentz.


In 1927-1929 Kotiantz engaged in a private Art studio in Pyatigorsk, independently studied paintings of outstanding artists of the past through books and reproductions, and a lot painted from the life. In 1929 he became a member of the Pyatigorsk branch of the [[AKhRR|AKhR]] — Association of Artists of the Revolution ({{lang-ru|link=no|Ассоциация художников революции}}, Assotsiatsia Khudozhnikov Revolutsii or AKhR, 1928-1932).
Since [[1930]] Gevork Kotiantz participated in Art Exhibitions. Painted still-lifes, portraits, genre and historical paintings. Personal Exhibitions in Leningrad ([[1979]]) and Moscow ([[1985]]).
Gevork Kotiantz was a member of [[Leningrad Union of Artists]] since [[1957]].


In 1930 for the first time Kotiantz participated in Art exhibition in [[Pyatigorsk]], then in the cities of the North Caucasus [[Essentuki]], [[Kislovodsk]], [[Mineral Waters]].<ref>''Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz. Exhibition of works. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1979. P.3.</ref>
Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz died in Saint Petersburg in [[1994]]. Paintings by Gevork Kotiantz are in Art museums and private collections in the Russia, USA, France, Armenia, Italy, and throughout the world.


In 1931-1932 Kotiantz works as an artist at the Museum of the Revolution in Pyatigorsk, where he trying his hand in the genre of historical and revolutionary paintings. Several of his works were purchased by the museum.
==Principal Exhibitions==
* 1955 (Leningrad): ''The Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1955'', with [[Irina Baldina]], Vladimir Gorb, Alexsei Eriomin, Maya Kopitseva, Gevork Kotiantz, Boris Lavrenko, Ivan Lavsky, Gavriil Malish, Nikolai Mukho, Lev Orekhov, [[Sergei Ivanovich Osipov|Sergei Osipov]], [[Lev Russov]], Ivan Savenko, [[Arseny Semionov]], [[Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov]], Alexander Shmidt, Elena Skuin, [[Nikolai Timkov]], Leonid Tkachenko, Yuri Tulin, Piotr Vasiliev, Vecheslav Zagonek, Ruben Zakharian, and other important Leningrad artists.
* 1956 (Leningrad): ''The Fall Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1956'', with [[Piotr Alberti]], [[Taisia Afonina]], [[Vsevolod Bazhenov]], [[Irina Baldina]], [[Nikolai Baskakov]], Yuri Belov, Piotr Belousov, Piotr Buchkin, Sergei Frolov, Nikolai Galakhov, Vladimir Gorb, Abram Grushko, Alexei Eriomin, [[Mikhail Kaneev]], Marina Kozlovskaya, Tatiana Kopnina, Maya Kopitseva, Boris Korneev, Alexander Koroviakov, Elena Kostenko, Nikolai Kostrov, Anna Kostrova, Gevork Kotiantz, Yaroslav Krestovsky, Ivan Lavsky, Oleg Lomakin, Gavriil Malish, Alexei Mozhaev, Nikolai Mukho, Samuil Nevelshtein, [[Sergei Ivanovich Osipov|Sergei Osipov]], [[Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov|Vladimir Ovchinnikov]], [[Lev Russov]], Ivan Savenko, Gleb Savinov, Vladimir Seleznev, [[Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov|Alexander Semionov]], [[Arseny Semionov]], Yuri Shablikin, Boris Shamanov, Alexander Shmidt, Nadezhda Shteinmiller, Victor Teterin, Mikhail Tkachev, Mikhail Trufanov, Yuri Tulin, Rostislav Vovkushevsky, Vecheslav Zagonek, Ruben Zakharian, Sergei Zakharov, and other important Leningrad artists.
* 1957 (Leningrad): ''1917 - 1957. Leningrad Artist's works of Art Exhibition'', with [[Vsevolod Bazhenov]], [[Irina Baldina]], [[Nikolai Baskakov]], Piotr Belousov, Piotr Buchkin, Zlata Bizova, Vladimir Chekalov, Sergei Frolov, Nikolai Galakhov, Abram Grushko, Alexei Eriomin, [[Mikhail Kaneev]], Engels Kozlov, Tatiana Kopnina, Maya Kopitseva, Boris Korneev, Alexander Koroviakov, Nikolai Kostrov, Anna Kostrova, Gevork Kotiantz, Yaroslav Krestovsky, Boris Lavrenko, Ivan Lavsky, Oleg Lomakin, [[Dmitry Maevsky]], Alexei Mozhaev, [[Evsey Moiseenko]], Nikolai Mukho, Mikhail Natarevich, Samuil Nevelshtein, Dmitry Oboznenko, [[Sergei Ivanovich Osipov|Sergei Osipov]], [[Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov|Vladimir Ovchinnikov]], [[Nikolai Pozdneev]], Alexander Pushnin, [[Lev Russov]], Galina Rumiantseva, Ivan Savenko, Gleb Savinov, Alexander Samokhvalov, [[Arseny Semionov]], [[Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov]], Boris Shamanov, Alexander Shmidt, Galina Smirnova, Ivan Sorokin, Victor Teterin, Leonid Tkachenko, Mikhail Tkachev, Yuri Tulin, Ivan Varichev, Nina Veselova, Rostislav Vovkushevsky, Anatoli Vasiliev, Vecheslav Zagonek, Ruben Zakharian, Sergei Zakharov, Maria Zubreeva, and other important Leningrad artists. * 1958 (Leningrad): ''The Fall Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1958'', with Taisia Afonina, Piotr Belousov, [[Vsevolod Bazhenov]], Irina Baldina, Yuri Belov, Bizova Zlata, Sergei Frolov, Nikolai Galakhov, Elena Gorokhova, Abram Grushko, Alexei Eriomin, [[Mikhail Kaneev]], Marina Kozlovskaya, Tatiana Kopnina, Boris Korneev, Alexander Koroviakov, Elena Kostenko, Nikolai Kostrov, Anna Kostrova, Gevork Kotiantz, Yaroslav Krestovsky, Boris Lavrenko, Ivan Lavsky, Oleg Lomakin, [[Dmitry Maevsky]], Alexei Mozhaev, [[Evsey Moiseenko]], Nikolai Mukho, Anatoli Nenartovich, Yuri Neprintsev, Dmitry Oboznenko, [[Sergei Ivanovich Osipov|Sergei Osipov]], [[Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov|Vladimir Ovchinnikov]], [[Nikolai Pozdneev]], Galina Rumiantseva, [[Lev Russov]], Ivan Savenko, Gleb Savinov, [[Alexander Samokhvalov]], [[Arseny Semionov]], [[Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov|Alexander Semionov]], Yuri Shablikin, Boris Shamanov, Alexander Shmidt, Elena Skuin, [[Nikolai Timkov]], Ivan Varichev, Anatoli Vasiliev, Igor Veselkin, Vecheslav Zagonek, and other important Leningrad artists.
* 1960 (Leningrad): ''Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960'', with [[Piotr Alberti]], [[Taisia Afonina]], [[Evgenia Antipova]], Genrikh Bagrov, [[Nikolai Baskakov]], [[Vsevolod Bazhenov]], Zlata Bizova, Nikolai Galakhov, Vladimir Gorb, Abram Grushko, Alexei Eriomin, [[Mikhail Kaneev]], Mikhail Kozell, Marina Kozlovskaya, Boris Korneev, Alexander Koroviakov, Elena Kostenko, Nikolai Kostrov, Anna Kostrova, Gevork Kotiantz, Yaroslav Krestovsky, Boris Lavrenko, Ivan Lavsky, Oleg Lomakin, [[Dmitry Maevsky]], Alexei Mozhaev, [[Evsey Moiseenko]], Nikolai Mukho, Andrey Milnikov, Vera Nazina, Mikhail Natarevich, Samuil Nevelshtein, Dmitry Oboznenko, [[Sergei Ivanovich Osipov|Sergei Osipov]], [[Nikolai Pozdneev]], Maria Rudnitskaya, [[Aleksandr Andreyevich Samokhvalov|Alexander Samokhvalov]], [[Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov|Alexander Semionov]], [[Arseny Semionov]], Yuri Shablikin, Boris Shamanov, Alexander Shmidt, Elena Skuin, Alexander Stolbov, Victor Teterin, Yuri Tulin, Ivan Varichev, Rostislav Vovkushevsky, Vecheslav Zagonek, Ruben Zakharian, and other important Leningrad artists.
* 1964 (Leningrad): ''The Leningrad Fine Arts Exhibition'', with [[Piotr Alberti]], [[Evgenia Antipova]], [[Taisia Afonina]], [[Vsevolod Bazhenov]], [[Irina Baldina]], [[Nikolai Baskakov]], Yuri Belov, Piotr Buchkin, Zlata Bizova, Vladimir Chekalov, Nikolai Galakhov, Vasily Golubev, Abram Grushko, Alexei Eriomin, [[Mikhail Kaneev]], Mikhail Kozell, Marina Kozlovskaya, Tatiana Kopnina, Maya Kopitseva, Boris Korneev, Alexander Koroviakov, Elena Kostenko, Gevork Kotiantz, Yaroslav Krestovsky, Valeria Larina, Boris Lavrenko, Ivan Lavsky, Piotr Litvinsky, Oleg Lomakin, [[Dmitry Maevsky]], Gavriil Malish, [[Evsey Moiseenko]], Vera Nazina, Mikhail Natarevich, Anatoli Nenartovich, Yuri Neprintsev, Dmitry Oboznenko, [[Sergei Ivanovich Osipov|Sergei Osipov]], [[Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov|Vladimir Ovchinnikov]], [[Nikolai Pozdneev]], Galina Rumiantseva, Ivan Savenko, Gleb Savinov, Vladimir Sakson, [[Alexander Samokhvalov]], Vladimir Seleznev, [[Arseny Semionov]], [[Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov|Alexander Semionov]], Yuri Shablikin, Boris Shamanov, Alexander Shmidt, Nadezhda Shteinmiller, Elena Skuin, Smirnova Galina, Alexander Sokolov, Ivan Sorokin, Victor Teterin, [[Nikolai Timkov]], Mikhail Tkachev, Mikhail Trufanov, Yuri Tulin, Vitaly Tulenev, Ivan Varichev, Anatoli Vasiliev, Piotr Vasiliev, Valery Vatenin, Leonid Yazgur, Vecheslav Zagonek, Sergei Zakharov, Ruben Zakharian, and other important Leningrad artists.
* 1968 (Leningrad): ''The Fall Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1968'', with [[Piotr Alberti]], [[Vsevolod Bazhenov]], Sergei Frolov, Nikolai Galakhov, Tatiana Gorb, Vladimir Gorb, [[Mikhail Kaneev]], Mikhail Kozell, Engels Kozlov, Elena Kostenko, Nikolai Kostrov, Anna Kostrova, Gevork Kotiantz, Ivan Lavsky, [[Dmitry Maevsky]], Gavriil Malish, Nikolai Mukho, Mikhail Natarevich, [[Sergei Ivanovich Osipov|Sergei Osipov]], [[Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov|Vladimir Ovchinnikov]], Lev Orekhov, Victor Otiev, Maria Rudnitskaya, Ivan Savenko, Vladimir Sakson, [[Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov|Alexander Semionov]], [[Arseny Semionov]], Boris Shamanov, Alexander Shmidt, Elena Skuin, Alexander Stolbov, Mikhail Trufanov, Yuri Tulin, Ivan Varichev, Anatoli Vasiliev, Rostislav Vovkushevsky, Leonid Yazgur, Vecheslav Zagonek, Sergei Zakharov, Ruben Zakharian, and other important Leningrad artists.
* 1976 (Moscow): ''The Fine Arts of Leningrad'', with Mikhail Avilov, [[Nathan Altman]], [[Evgenia Antipova]], [[Vsevolod Bazhenov]], [[Irina Baldina]], [[Nikolai Baskakov]], Yuri Belov, Piotr Belousov, [[Isaak Brodsky]], Piotr Buchkin, Nikolai Galakhov, Abram Grushko, Alexsei Eriomin, [[Mikhail Kaneev]], Engels Kozlov, Marina Kozlovskaya, Maya Kopitseva, Boris Korneev, Elena Kostenko, Gevork Kotiantz, Boris Lavrenko, Oleg Lomakin, [[Dmitry Maevsky]], [[Evsey Moiseenko]], [[Sergei Ivanovich Osipov|Sergei Osipov]], [[Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov|Vladimir Ovchinnikov]], [[Nikolai Pozdneev]], Victor Oreshnikov, Ivan Savenko, Gleb Savinov, [[Alexander Samokhvalov]], Vladimir Seleznev, [[Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov|Alexander Semionov]], [[Arseny Semionov]], Elena Skuin, Victor Teterin, Ivan Varichev, Sergei Zakharov, Vecheslav Zagonek, and other important Leningrad artists.


In 1933 he was sent to study in Leningrad. In 1934-1935 Kotiantz engaged at the Higher Training Courses of Artists where he studied of known painters and art educators Pavel Naumov, Alexander Karev, and [[Rudolf Frentz]].<ref>''The Leningrad School of Painting. Essays on the History''. St Petersburg, ARKA Gallery Publishing, 2019. P.347.</ref> In this time Kotiantz continues to work on historical and revolutionary genre, his painting ''"[[Sergey Kirov|Kirov]] in [[Baku]]"'' was awarded the second prize of the [[Imperial Academy of Arts|All-Russian Academy of Arts]].
==References==
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In the same years he discovered to himself the art of the French impressionists, which largely changed the direction of his own creative quest. After completing the Higher Training Courses Kotiantz worked in Leningrad City Committee of Artists.
== Bibliography ==
* ''The Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1955. Catalogue.'' - Leningrad: Leningrad Union of Artists, 1956. - p.&nbsp;12.
* ''The Fall Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1956. Catalogue''. - Leningrad: Leningrad Artist, 1958. - p.&nbsp;14.
* ''1917 - 1957. Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists. Catalogue''. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1958. - p.&nbsp;19.
* ''The Fall Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1958. Catalogue.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1959. - p.&nbsp;16
* ''Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960. Exhibition catalogue.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1962. - p.&nbsp;12.
* ''Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1961. Exhibition catalogue.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1964. - p.&nbsp;23.
* ''The Leningrad Fine Arts Exhibition.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1964. - p.&nbsp;28.
* ''The Fall Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1968. Catalogue.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1971. - p.&nbsp;9.
* ''Our Contemporary Exhibition catalogue of works by Leningrad artists of 1971.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1972. - p.&nbsp;13.
* ''Art works by Russian Federation Artists grants to Museums and Culture Institutions (1963–1971). Official Catalogue''. - Moscow: Russian Federation Union of Artists, 1972. - p.&nbsp;52.
* ''The Still-Life Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists. Exhibition catalogue.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1973. - p.&nbsp;10.
* ''Our Contemporary The Second Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1972. Catalogue''. -Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1973. - p.&nbsp;7.
The Fine Arts of Leningrad. Exhibition catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1976. - p.&nbsp;21.
* ''Directory of Members of the Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 1.'' - Moscow: Soviet artist, 1979. - p.&nbsp;552.
* ''Gevork Kotiantz. Painting. Exhibition catalogue.'' -Moscow: Soviet Artist, 1985.
* ''Saint-Petersbourg - Pont-Audemer. Dessins, Gravures, Sculptures et Tableaux du XX siecle du fonds de L' Union des Artistes de Saint-Petersbourg''. - Pont-Audemer: 1994. - pp.&nbsp;99, 104.
* ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.''- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp.&nbsp;18, 21, 24, 363, 389, 390, 392-400, 402-404, 443, 444. ISBN 5-901724-21-6, ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7.


In 1936 Kotiantz was called to service in the [[Red Army]], in 1939-1940 he took part as a soldier in the Soviet-Finnish war known as the [[Winter war]] of 1939–1940. In 1940 he was demobilized and returned to creative work. In the same year he was admitted to the [[Leningrad Union of Artists|Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists]].
== Gallery ==

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From the early days of [[Great Patriotic war]] Kotiantz in the [[Red Army]] on the [[Leningrad Front]]. He fought a signalman in the 23rd Army. He was wounded twice, marked by military awards, including the [[Order of the Red Star]], [[Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"]], [[Medal for Battle Merit]], [[Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|Medal "For the Victory Over Germany"]], [[Order of the Patriotic War]]. He demobilized in 1945 with the rank of sergeant.
Image:Kotiantz-Gevork-Vartanovich-Still-life-7kot54bw.jpg|Still-life. 1972

Image:Kotiantz-Gevork-Vartanovich-Green-Still-life-7kot1bw.jpg|Green Still-life. 1971
In 1945-1946 Kotiantz taught drawing and painting at the [[Tavricheskaya Art School]] in Leningrad. Simultaneously he hard restored his creative skills that were lost during the war. It was during this period that he enjoys the expressive possibilities of color. In 1947 he married Catherine Kostromeeva, who taught French. In 1948 they had a daughter Tatiana.
Image:Kotiantz-Gevork-Vartanovich-Cherry-7kot2bw.jpg|Cherry. 1970

Image:Kotiantz-Gevork-Vartanovich-Sponge-7kot6bw.jpg|Sponge. 1956
== Creativity ==
Image:Kotiantz-Gevork-Vartanovich-Brealfast-7kot42bw.jpg|Breakfast. 1976

Image:Kotiantz-Gevork-Vartanovich-Plums-Still-life-7kot40bw.jpg|Plums. 1974
Since 1948 Kotiantz becomes permanent participant of Art exhibitions, showing his works together with the works of the leading masters of fine arts of Leningrad.<ref>''Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz. Exhibition of works. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1979. P.4.</ref> He painted still lifes, portraits, genre and historical paintings. In the mid-1950s the leading genre of his art becomes decorative still life, almost unlimited in the author's choice of objects, which allows him infinitely vary in search of harmony of color combinations. A rather conditional forms in his paintings were used to detect color, to forcing him again and again to create coloristic unique picture of the world, though limited of size of a table.
Image:Kotiantz-Gevork-Vartanovich-Still-life-7kot34bw.jpg|Still-life. 1960

Image:Kotiantz-Gevork-Vartanovich-Still-life-with-Match-box-7kot21bw.jpg|Still-life with Match-box. 1974
Entirely fascinated by problems of colors, tones, warm and cold relations, Kotiantz not take the trouble to choose original names for his paintings. This will create certain difficulties in the future for the researchers of his art. For example, in 1957 at the Art exhibition in [[Russian museum]] he give title "Still Life" for four out of five paintings.<ref>''1917 - 1957. Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1957. Exhibition Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1958. P.19.</ref> The same is true at the Spring Art exhibition in 1954,<ref>''Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1955. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Leningrad Union of Artists, 1956. P.12.</ref> Autumn Art exhibitions in 1956<ref>''Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1956. Exhibition Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Leningrad Union of Artists Edition, 1958. P.14.</ref> and 1958 year<ref>''Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1958. Exhibition Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1959. P.16.</ref> in the [[Leningrad Union of Artists]]. Only later he began to give his compositions more complete title: "Still Life with Lemons"<ref>''Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1969. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1970. P.12.</ref> (1969), "Breakfast. Still Life"<ref>''The Leningrad Fine Arts Exhibition.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1965. P.28.</ref> (1964), "Breakfast" (1963), "A Meat. Still Life"<ref>''Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1965. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1970. P.18.</ref> (1965), "Pink Still Life"<ref>''Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1968. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1971. P.9.</ref> (1967), "Grapes" (1972) and others.
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In the same manner Kotiantz created not as numerous genre scenes and portraits, models which often served as the wife and daughter of the artist. The best of them are characteristic of monumental compositions and exquisite color relationships, allowing the artist deeply the inner content of the image. Among them paintings "Tanya"<ref>''Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1956. Exhibition Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Leningrad Union of Artists Edition, 1958. P.14.</ref> (1956), "A Girl at the brook"<ref>''Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1958. Exhibition Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1959. P.16.</ref> (1958), "Portrait of E. Kostromeeva, a French teacher (the artist's wife)"<ref>''Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960. Exhibition catalogue''. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1961. P.23.</ref> (1959), "From the village to the City", "Girl with Peaches"<ref>''Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1961. Exhibition catalogue''. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1964. P.23.</ref> (both 1961), "Shopgirl", "Mariners"<ref>''Our Contemporary Exhibition catalogue of works by Leningrad artists of 1971''. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1972. P.13.</ref> (both 1970), "Portrait of Tatiana Kotiantz as student"<ref>''Our Contemporary The Third Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1973. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1974. P.9.</ref> (1971), "Portrait of a teacher"<ref>''Our Contemporary The Second Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1972. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1973. P.7.</ref> (1971), "Grapes", "Still life" (both 1972), "Green still Life"<ref>''Our Contemporary regional exhibition of Leningrad artists of 1975. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1980. P.17.</ref> (1975), "Poppies", "Still Life with a crimson material"<ref>''Regional Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1980. Exhibition catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1983. P.15.</ref> (both 1980), and others.

Gevork Kotiantz have had solo exhibitions of painting in Leningrad in 1979, and in Moscow in 1985.<ref>''Gevork Kotiantz. Painting. Exhibition of works. Catalogue.'' - Moscow: Soviet Artist, 1985.</ref> In 1990s his paintings successfully participated in exhibitions and auctions of Russian Art in Italy, England, France, Germany,<ref>''Saint-Petersbourg - Pont-Audemer. Dessins, Gravures, Sculptures et Tableaux du XX siècle du fonds de L' Union des Artistes de Saint-Petersbourg.'' Pont-Audemer, 1994. P.99, 104.</ref> where his work has acquired its admirers.

Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz died on 28 August 1996 in Saint Petersburg, aged 86. Paintings by Gevork Kotiantz reside in Art museums and private collections in the Russia, France, Armenia, in the U.S., Italy, and other countries.<ref>''Saint-Petersbourg - Pont-Audemer. Dessins, Gravures, Sculptures et Tableaux du XX siècle du fonds de L' Union des Artistes de Saint-Petersbourg.'' - Pont-Audemer: 1994. - p.99,104.</ref><ref>''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.6-7.</ref>

==See also==
* [[Leningrad School of Painting]]
* [[List of 20th-century Russian painters]]
* [[List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists]]
* [[Saint Petersburg Union of Artists]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

== Sources ==
* [[Spring exhibition (Leningrad, 1954)|''Весенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1954 года. Каталог'']]. Л., Изогиз, 1954. P.12.
* [[Spring exhibition (Leningrad, 1955)|''Весенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1955 года. Каталог.'']] Л., ЛССХ, 1956. P.12.
* [[Spring exhibition (Leningrad, 1955)|''Весенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1955 года. Каталог.'']] Л., ЛССХ, 1956.
* [[Autumn exhibition (Leningrad, 1956)|''Осенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1956 года. Каталог.'']] Л., Ленинградский художник, 1958. P.14.
* [[Anniversary Art Exhibition (Leningrad, 1957)|''1917 — 1957. Выставка произведений ленинградских художников. Каталог.'']] Л., Ленинградский художник, 1958. P.19.
* [[Autumn exhibition (Leningrad, 1958)|''Осенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1958 года. Каталог.'']] Л., Художник РСФСР, 1959. P.16.
* [[Annual Exhibition of Leningrad artists (1960)|''Выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1960 года. Каталог'']]. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1963. P.12.
* ''Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960. Exhibition catalogue''. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1961. P.23.
* [[Exhibition of Leningrad artists (1961)|''Выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1961 года. Каталог'']]. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1964. P.23.
* [[Autumn exhibition (Leningrad, 1962)|''Осенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1962 года. Каталог'']]. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1962. P.16.
* ''The Leningrad Fine Arts Exhibition.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1965. P.28.
* [[Autumn exhibition (Leningrad, 1968)|''Осенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1968 года. Каталог.'']] Л., Художник РСФСР, 1971. P.9.
* ''Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1969. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1970. P.12.
* ''Art works by Russian Federation Artists grants to Museums and Culture Institutions (1963 - 1971). Official Catalogue.'' - Moscow: Russian Federation Union of Artists, 1972. - p.&nbsp;52.
* [[Our Contemporary (Leningrad, 1971)|''Наш современник. Каталог выставки произведений ленинградских художников 1971 года.'']] Л., Художник РСФСР, 1972. P.13.
* ''The Still-Life. Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists. Exhibition catalogue.'' -Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1973. - p.&nbsp;10.
* ''Our Contemporary The Second Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1972. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1973. P.7.
* ''Our Contemporary The Third Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1973. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1974. P.9.
* ''Across the Motherland Exhibition of Leningrad artists. Catalogue.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1974. - p.&nbsp;16.
* ''Our Contemporary regional exhibition of Leningrad artists of 1975. Catalogue.'' Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1980. P.17.
* ''The Fine Arts of Leningrad. Exhibition catalogue''. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1976. - p.&nbsp;21.
* ''The Portrait of Contemporary the fifth exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1976. Catalogue.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1983. - p.&nbsp;12.
* ''Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of October Revolution. Catalogue''. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1982. - p.&nbsp;15.
* ''Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1978. Exhibition Catalogue.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1983. - p.&nbsp;10.
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* ''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p.&nbsp;64.
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Latest revision as of 04:24, 10 September 2024

Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz
Born(1909-11-12)12 November 1909
Shusha, Shusha uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire
Died28 August 1996(1996-08-28) (aged 86)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
NationalityArmenian
Known forPainting
Awards Order of the Red Star
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal for Battle Merit
Medal "For the Victory Over Germany"
Order of the Patriotic War

Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz (Armenian: Գևորգ Վարդանի Կոթյանց; ‹See Tfd›Russian: Гево́рк Варта́нович Котья́нц; 12 November 1909 – 28 August 1996) was a Soviet Armenian painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.[1]

Biography

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He was born on 12 November 1909 in Shusha, Elizavetpol Governorate in the family of craftsman jeweler.[2] In the same year his family moved to the North Caucasus in Pyatigorsk.

In 1927-1929 Kotiantz engaged in a private Art studio in Pyatigorsk, independently studied paintings of outstanding artists of the past through books and reproductions, and a lot painted from the life. In 1929 he became a member of the Pyatigorsk branch of the AKhR — Association of Artists of the Revolution (‹See Tfd›Russian: Ассоциация художников революции, Assotsiatsia Khudozhnikov Revolutsii or AKhR, 1928-1932).

In 1930 for the first time Kotiantz participated in Art exhibition in Pyatigorsk, then in the cities of the North Caucasus Essentuki, Kislovodsk, Mineral Waters.[3]

In 1931-1932 Kotiantz works as an artist at the Museum of the Revolution in Pyatigorsk, where he trying his hand in the genre of historical and revolutionary paintings. Several of his works were purchased by the museum.

In 1933 he was sent to study in Leningrad. In 1934-1935 Kotiantz engaged at the Higher Training Courses of Artists where he studied of known painters and art educators Pavel Naumov, Alexander Karev, and Rudolf Frentz.[4] In this time Kotiantz continues to work on historical and revolutionary genre, his painting "Kirov in Baku" was awarded the second prize of the All-Russian Academy of Arts.

In the same years he discovered to himself the art of the French impressionists, which largely changed the direction of his own creative quest. After completing the Higher Training Courses Kotiantz worked in Leningrad City Committee of Artists.

In 1936 Kotiantz was called to service in the Red Army, in 1939-1940 he took part as a soldier in the Soviet-Finnish war known as the Winter war of 1939–1940. In 1940 he was demobilized and returned to creative work. In the same year he was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists.

From the early days of Great Patriotic war Kotiantz in the Red Army on the Leningrad Front. He fought a signalman in the 23rd Army. He was wounded twice, marked by military awards, including the Order of the Red Star, Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Medal for Battle Merit, Medal "For the Victory Over Germany", Order of the Patriotic War. He demobilized in 1945 with the rank of sergeant.

In 1945-1946 Kotiantz taught drawing and painting at the Tavricheskaya Art School in Leningrad. Simultaneously he hard restored his creative skills that were lost during the war. It was during this period that he enjoys the expressive possibilities of color. In 1947 he married Catherine Kostromeeva, who taught French. In 1948 they had a daughter Tatiana.

Creativity

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Since 1948 Kotiantz becomes permanent participant of Art exhibitions, showing his works together with the works of the leading masters of fine arts of Leningrad.[5] He painted still lifes, portraits, genre and historical paintings. In the mid-1950s the leading genre of his art becomes decorative still life, almost unlimited in the author's choice of objects, which allows him infinitely vary in search of harmony of color combinations. A rather conditional forms in his paintings were used to detect color, to forcing him again and again to create coloristic unique picture of the world, though limited of size of a table.

Entirely fascinated by problems of colors, tones, warm and cold relations, Kotiantz not take the trouble to choose original names for his paintings. This will create certain difficulties in the future for the researchers of his art. For example, in 1957 at the Art exhibition in Russian museum he give title "Still Life" for four out of five paintings.[6] The same is true at the Spring Art exhibition in 1954,[7] Autumn Art exhibitions in 1956[8] and 1958 year[9] in the Leningrad Union of Artists. Only later he began to give his compositions more complete title: "Still Life with Lemons"[10] (1969), "Breakfast. Still Life"[11] (1964), "Breakfast" (1963), "A Meat. Still Life"[12] (1965), "Pink Still Life"[13] (1967), "Grapes" (1972) and others.

In the same manner Kotiantz created not as numerous genre scenes and portraits, models which often served as the wife and daughter of the artist. The best of them are characteristic of monumental compositions and exquisite color relationships, allowing the artist deeply the inner content of the image. Among them paintings "Tanya"[14] (1956), "A Girl at the brook"[15] (1958), "Portrait of E. Kostromeeva, a French teacher (the artist's wife)"[16] (1959), "From the village to the City", "Girl with Peaches"[17] (both 1961), "Shopgirl", "Mariners"[18] (both 1970), "Portrait of Tatiana Kotiantz as student"[19] (1971), "Portrait of a teacher"[20] (1971), "Grapes", "Still life" (both 1972), "Green still Life"[21] (1975), "Poppies", "Still Life with a crimson material"[22] (both 1980), and others.

Gevork Kotiantz have had solo exhibitions of painting in Leningrad in 1979, and in Moscow in 1985.[23] In 1990s his paintings successfully participated in exhibitions and auctions of Russian Art in Italy, England, France, Germany,[24] where his work has acquired its admirers.

Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz died on 28 August 1996 in Saint Petersburg, aged 86. Paintings by Gevork Kotiantz reside in Art museums and private collections in the Russia, France, Armenia, in the U.S., Italy, and other countries.[25][26]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.18, 21, 24, 363, 389, 390, 392-400, 402-404, 443, 444.
  2. ^ Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz. Exhibition of works. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1979. P.3.
  3. ^ Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz. Exhibition of works. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1979. P.3.
  4. ^ The Leningrad School of Painting. Essays on the History. St Petersburg, ARKA Gallery Publishing, 2019. P.347.
  5. ^ Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz. Exhibition of works. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1979. P.4.
  6. ^ 1917 - 1957. Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1957. Exhibition Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1958. P.19.
  7. ^ Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1955. Catalogue. Leningrad, Leningrad Union of Artists, 1956. P.12.
  8. ^ Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1956. Exhibition Catalogue. Leningrad, Leningrad Union of Artists Edition, 1958. P.14.
  9. ^ Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1958. Exhibition Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1959. P.16.
  10. ^ Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1969. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1970. P.12.
  11. ^ The Leningrad Fine Arts Exhibition. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1965. P.28.
  12. ^ Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1965. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1970. P.18.
  13. ^ Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1968. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1971. P.9.
  14. ^ Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1956. Exhibition Catalogue. Leningrad, Leningrad Union of Artists Edition, 1958. P.14.
  15. ^ Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1958. Exhibition Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1959. P.16.
  16. ^ Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960. Exhibition catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1961. P.23.
  17. ^ Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1961. Exhibition catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1964. P.23.
  18. ^ Our Contemporary Exhibition catalogue of works by Leningrad artists of 1971. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1972. P.13.
  19. ^ Our Contemporary The Third Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1973. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1974. P.9.
  20. ^ Our Contemporary The Second Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1972. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1973. P.7.
  21. ^ Our Contemporary regional exhibition of Leningrad artists of 1975. Catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1980. P.17.
  22. ^ Regional Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1980. Exhibition catalogue. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1983. P.15.
  23. ^ Gevork Kotiantz. Painting. Exhibition of works. Catalogue. - Moscow: Soviet Artist, 1985.
  24. ^ Saint-Petersbourg - Pont-Audemer. Dessins, Gravures, Sculptures et Tableaux du XX siècle du fonds de L' Union des Artistes de Saint-Petersbourg. Pont-Audemer, 1994. P.99, 104.
  25. ^ Saint-Petersbourg - Pont-Audemer. Dessins, Gravures, Sculptures et Tableaux du XX siècle du fonds de L' Union des Artistes de Saint-Petersbourg. - Pont-Audemer: 1994. - p.99,104.
  26. ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.6-7.

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