SAMUELIAN, Varaz. - Lot 178

SAMUELIAN, Varaz. Lot of 3 paintings by Varaz Samuelian, two signed and dated 1992. 3 paintings on canvas, mixed media, approx. 54 x 59 cm and approx. 54 x 39 cm (good condition). Lot of three paintings by the American-Armenian artist Varaz Samuelian, including two signed and dated 1992, three years before his death. An Armenian-born painter and sculptor, Varaz Samuelian (Yerevan, 1917 - Fresno, 1995) is known for a body of work centered on Armenian history and identity. Born in Yerevan into a family marked by the Armenian genocide, he emigrated to the United States in 1946, before dividing his time between Fresno and Paris. Trained by Fernand Léger and André Lhote, he developed an artistic language nourished by both European modernism and Armenian cultural memory.