Mariam Aslamazian

Mariam Arshaki Aslamazian (October 20, 1907, Bash-Shirak village, near Alexandropol – 2006, Moscow) was a Soviet painter, recognized as a People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1965). She was the sister of painter Yeranuhi Aslamazian. A large collection of their works is kept at the Aslamazian Sisters' Museum in their native Gyumri.

Aslamazian was the student of Stepan Aghajanian and Petrov-Vodkin. Her paintings evoke the dramatic, colorful themes of the period of her life.

While critics argue the relative strengths of her paintings, her exquisite ceramic plates are universally proclaimed masterpieces.

Mariam Aslamazian died in Moscow, and was buried in Yerevan’s Komitas Pantheon.

Famous paintings

• The Return of the Hero (1942)
• I'm 70 Years Old (1980)
• Noisy Neighbors (1981)

References

• Mariam Aslamazian in Great Soviet Encyclopedia
• RA Prime Minister Sends Message of Condolence on Occasion of Death of Mariam Aslamazian, July 26, 2006