Martiros Saryan. Learn and Love

Martiros Saryan. Learn and Love Martiros Saryan. Learn and Love Author: Shahen Khachatryan The greatest painters of all periods are those who seem to be the mirror of the spiritual essence of their country and their people. Such a painter is Martiros Sarian whose art is the symbol of the faith in life and the rebirth of his nation. In 1915, having finished his education in Moscow and already a well known painter, Sarian came to Echmiadzin to help Armenian refugees and survivors from the genocide. Further on, under the Soviet regime, he had to overcome many difficulties, always remaining faithful to the luminous and life-loving spirit of his art. After his death, exhibitions opened in European countries and, especially at the Pompidou Center in Paris on the occasion of his 100'"" birth anniversary, paved the way for his world-wide fame. The great exhibition opened in 2003 at the Picasso Museum of Antibes was exceptional, too. In the Catalogue one can read ""Never before pictorial art