{"title":"·Armenian Artists in the Public Domain","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtworks and collections by Armenian artists which are now in the public domain. They're all out of copyright, so you are free to use them in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam-1946-sarkis-katchadourian-1886-1947-11-images","title":"Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1946 - Sarkis Katchadourian (1886-1947) - 11 images","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the pictures from the 1946 Sarkis Katchadourian edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his 1859 translation from Persian to English of a selection of quatrains (rubāʿiyāt) attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048-1131), dubbed \"the Astronomer-Poet of Persia\".\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download features 11 hi-res images, in JPEG format, scanned by us from an original copy of the book. They are all 600dpi and range in size from 4450 pixels wide\/tall to 6600 pixels wide\/tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you’d like, including commercial use.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"ewE1mn\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-sleek-node-id=\"C2fvWz\"\u003eSarkis Katchadourian (1886-1947)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas an Armenian artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"VQz54f\"\u003eKatchadourian was born on 9 August 1886, in Malatya in the family of Sarkis and Varduhi. He received his primary education in the Armenian Evangelical College of Malatya. 1902-1908 he studied at Sanasarian College in Karin (Erzurum). In 1908 he left for Constantinople. 1908-1911 he studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma and graduated with a gold medal. He returned to Constantinople, where he taught painting at Sanasarian College in Karin. 1912-1914 he studied at the National Higher School of Decorative Arts in Paris and received a first-class diploma. He left for Geneva to study pedagogy and then improved it in Munich and Vienna. In 1914-1918 Katchadourian was in the Caucasus (Batumi, Yessentuki, Tiflis, Yerevan, Dilijan, Ijevan, Alexandrapol, Gharakilisa and Echmiadzin).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"OUanwa\"\u003eIn 1915, he left for Persia, then Armenia. In 1916 he participated in forming the \"Armenian Artists' Association\" in Tiflis. In 1920 Katchadourian married Vardanoush Sarian. In 1921 he became a member-secretary in \"Armenian Artists Union\" in Tiflis. In 1921, the government of the Armenian SSR assigned the artist to draw sketches for stamps printed in Constantinople at Yesayan's personal publishing house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"FgFRVp\"\u003e1937-1941 he worked in India and made copies from the temples' frescos. In 1941 Katchadourian settled in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"xqBx5c\"\u003eKatchadourian's works are held in Paris, London, Vienna, Brussels, New York and other museums, the USSR, the Georgian State Museum and the National Gallery of Armenia. In 1971 he exhibited in India and Katchadourian's widow, painter Vava Katchadourian, presented the copies of Ceylonese frescos to the State Gallery of Armenia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-sleek-node-id=\"vJL72j\"\u003eKatchadourian died in Paris, 1947. 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His increasingly abstract compositions show how he developed an individual visual language between Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download features 32 hi-res images, in JPEG format, by the Armenian-American Abstract Expressionist, Arshile Gorky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe images are all 600dpi and range in size from 3038 pixels wide\/tall to 6120 pixels wide\/tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you’d like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArshile Gorky (1904-1948)\u003c\/strong\u003e, born Vosdanig Adoian in the village of Khorkom, near Lake Van in the Ottoman Empire (now eastern Turkey), is regarded as one of the most significant artists bridging European Surrealism and American Abstract Expressionism. Though he became known as Arshile Gorky, a name he adopted after emigrating to the United States, the shadow of his Armenian heritage and the trauma of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 would forever shape his life and art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorky arrived in the United States in 1920, settling with relatives in Massachusetts before moving to New York City. There, he immersed himself in the vibrant art scene, both as a student and later as an instructor at the Grand Central School of Art. Deeply committed to his craft, Gorky absorbed influences from his artistic heroes, including Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, and Joan Miró. His early work displays an intense engagement with these modernists, often echoing their formal innovations. However, Gorky’s true genius lay in his ability to synthesise these influences into a unique and deeply personal visual language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis evolution as an artist is strikingly evident in the gradual transformation of his style. Early works, such as his self-portraits and still-lifes from the 1920s and 30s, reveal a painstaking attention to classical form and structure. As he matured, Gorky began to embrace the fluid, dreamlike imagery of Surrealism, spurred on by his association with European émigré artists in New York and the influx of Surrealist ideas during the Second World War. Notably, the technique of automatic drawing, wherein the hand moves freely across the surface, guided by the subconscious, became central to his practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorky’s most celebrated paintings, including “\u003cstrong\u003eThe Liver is the Cock’s Comb\u003c\/strong\u003e” (1944) and “\u003cstrong\u003eGarden in Sochi\u003c\/strong\u003e” (1941), blend organic forms, calligraphic line, and vibrant colour in a manner that is at once abstract and evocative of memory, landscape, and bodily experience. His works are often interpreted as acts of remembrance, attempts to recover the lost world of his Armenian childhood. Recurring motifs including flowers, rivers and fields—evoke both the physical environment of his youth and the psychological landscape of exile and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite his artistic achievements, Gorky’s life was marred by personal tragedy. He faced the loss of his mother to starvation during the genocide, chronic health problems, a studio fire that destroyed many of his works, and the breakdown of his marriage. These hardships intensified his sense of alienation and found expression in the emotional intensity of his paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGorky’s legacy is profound. He is often seen as a pivotal figure in the transition from European modernism to the distinctly American movement of Abstract Expressionism, paving the way for artists such as Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. 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