Edgar Chahine - Letters. The Contemporaries About Edgar Chahine

Edgar Chahine - Letters. The Contemporaries About Edgar Chahine Edgar Chahine - Letters. The Contemporaries About Edgar Chahine Edgar Chahine (Vienna 31 October 1874 – 18 March 1947 Paris), was a French painter, engraver, and illustrator of Armenian descent. Edgar Chahine was born in Vienna but moved to Constantinople at a very young age. There he began his studies under the financial support of his father who was the director of the Ottoman Bank. His artistic abilities were soon noticed by his professor, Melkon Tiratzuyan, who advised him to pursue his studies in Italy in order to participate in a more active artistic environment. He then moved to Venice, Italy where he attended the prestigious Armenian Lyceum Mourad Rafealian on the San Lazzaro Island. He studied under Antonio Ermolao Paoletti at the renowned Academia di Belle Arti. After gaining much experience in Italy, he then moved to Paris in 1895. He enrolled at the Académie Julian, and had successful exhibitions at the Soci