Painting Grigor Chiltian Still Life Peaches Bananas Signed 1930 Suggestive Gay Erotic Art Fruit Armenian Gregory Sciltian Gregorio Sciltian

On offer beautifully articulated oil on canvas still life composition of bananas and peaches with a fern frond, by listed Italian painter of Armenian descent Grigor Chiltian. The subject matter of bananas and peaches is suggestive of contemporary sexualized emojis, a fact that would doubtless please this surrealist artist. Signed "Chiltian 30" (1930) lower left. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Grigor Chiltian (Armenian 1900-1985) Grigor Chiltian was an Italian painter of Armenian descent. He studied art at the Saint-Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts. Then he studied at the Academy and the Museum of Fine Arts of Vienna. From 1923 to 1927 he lived in Rome. He participated in the Biennale of Rome in 1925 and the Biennale of Venice in 1926. Then lived in Paris and Milan. He died in 1985 in Rome. English spellings/translations of his name include: Gregory Sciltian, Gregorio Sciltian and Grigor Chiltian. See http://armenianpainters.blogspot.com/2012/05/gregorio-sciltian-1900-1985.html for more details on th