Arman Manookian

'Hawaiian Boy and Girl', mural by Arman Manookian

Arman Tateos Manookian (1904-1931) was an Armenian artist who gained recognition as an illustrator and artist of Hawaiian scenes. He was born in Constantinople and survived the Armenian Genocide. While serving in the U.S. Marine Corps he supplied illustrations for "Leatherneck" and then later for "Paradise of the Pacific."

His paintings are rare and highly valued due to his early death, by suicide, in 1931. No one knows for certain specifically where his grave site is or whether he was cremated. The Bishop Museum and the Honolulu Academy of Arts are among the public collections holding works by Arman Manookian.

In early 2010 a group of seven Manookian paintings owned by the Hotel Hana-Maui were removed from public display. They were the only Manookian oil paintings known to be on public display anywhere in the world.

References

• Forbes, David W., Encounters with Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People, 1778-1941, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1992, 212-256.
• "Fragile Paradise". Honolulu Magazine. Retrieved 2007-03-19. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)
• Severson, Don R., Finding Paradise, Island Art in Private Collections, University of Hawaii Press, 2002, 124.
• "Rare Manookian Paintings Removed from the Hotel Hana-Maui". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2010-07-14. {{cite web}}: Check |archiveurl= value (help)