1. http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/michaelasanda-2520474-martiros-saryan1/ 2. Martiros Saryan (1880 1972) was an Armenian painter, the founder of the Armenian national school of painting. He was born into an Armenian family in Nakhichevan-on-Don (now part of Rostov- on-Don, Russia). In 1895, aged 15, he completed the Nakhichevan school and from 1897 to 1904 studied at the Moscow School of Arts, including in the workshops of Valentin Serov and Konstantin Korovin. He was heavily influenced by the work of Paul Gauguin and Henri Matisse. He exhibited his works in various shows. He first visited Armenia, then part of the Russian Empire, in 1901,visiting Lori, Shirak, Echmiadzin, Haghpat, Sanahin, Yerevan and Sevan. He composed his first landscapes depicting Armenia which were highly praised in the Moscow press. From 19261928 he lived and worked in Paris, but most works from this period were destroyed in a fire on board the boat on which he returned to the Soviet Union. From 1928 until his death, Saryan lived in Soviet Armenia. His former home in Yerevan is now a museum dedicated to his work with hundreds of items on display 3. Flower 1911 4. Anniversary flowers 1955 5. Flowersinavase1949 Vase 6. FlowersofAsia-1915 Steppeflowers1909 7. Blue pitcher - 1910 8. Irises and poppies 1947 9. Bouquet of flowers -1945 10. Bright flowers - 1942 11. Flowers of Kalaki 1914 12. Flowers-1912 FlowersofArmenia-1916 13. Flowers - 1937 14. Flowers -1913 15. Flowers - 1941 16. Greenjugandbouquet,1910 Peonies1916 17. For the Armenians-fighters, veterans of World War II -1945 18. Still life. Grapes 19. Poppies - 1947 20. Poppy 1940 Wild poppies 1945 21. Still life - 1913 22. Lusik Saryan - 1941 23. Gifts of Autumn - 1954 24. Yerevanautumnstilllife-1944 Stilllife1949 25. Flowers of Stepanavan 1950 26. Lilacs, 1955 27. Still Life with Flowers, 1928 Still life 1913 28. Roses 1949 29. Lotus 1911 30. May flowers - 1947 31. May roses - 1939 32. Poppies - 1958 33. Sketch of book cover 'Martiros Saryan' 1935 34. Sketch of book cover Yellow flowers-1914 35. Wildflowers,1916 Flowersoftheeast,1916 36. Yerevan flowers - 1957 Still life - 1958 37. Flowers - 1929 38. StillLifewithIrisesandPoppies-1947 Blueflowers1914 39. Bright flowers - 1942 40. Still life-1953 Flowers1916 41. The Gifts of Spring - 1968 42. Wistaria - 1923 43. Wistaria - 1910 44. Yellow flowers 1944 45. Still Life (Cyclamen) -1940 46. Flowers, lemons, oranges. 1953 47. Wildflowers 1910 "Nature's ways are wonderful and unfathomable. The grain swells in the soil, the sprout grows and flowers when the time comes and then it bears new fruit and so does not die. We are like grain. We never die because we are One with Nature. To understand this is to comprehend Immortality-- the Apotheosis of the Human Race. It is with this conviction that I have lived my Life. My Life is a store of my experience, a Life of aspirations, sorrows, joys and triumphs." Martiros Saryan. 48. Wildflowers 1951 49. Meadow flowers 1918 50. Flowers 1946 Red flowers-1910 51. Sound: Armenian Jazz Band - Armen Martirosyan - Our love will never grow old Text & pictures: Internet Copyright: All the images belong to their authors Presentation: Sanda Foioreanu www.slideshare.net/michaelasanda