KHACHATUR ABOVYAN ARMENIAN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY

On October 18, students and lecturers of the Faculty of Art Education hosted Claude Armen Mutafian, an honorary doctor of Yerevan State University, Professor of the Sorbonne University, a historian and expert in Armenian studies. He is the son of French-Armenian painter Zareh Mutafian.

During the meeting with the ASPU students, the guest spoke about Zareh Mutafian’s art, combining the lecture with a didactic presentation of the artist's works. His speech was followed by a question and answer session.

Zareh Mutafian painted in almost all genres - portrait, still life, landscape, thematic painting. With the help of his pictures painted in Armenia - autumn landscapes, Mount Ararat, churches and architectural monuments, Mutafian showed his patriotism and his true image as a person in love with native nature.

Zareh Mutafian also wrote several texts and books about the history of painting and esthetics.