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Rudolf Khachatryan
1937 | Yerevan, Armenia
Rudolf Khachatryan was born in Yerevan in 1937. He started painting and drawing at the age of three and at 18 he exhibited his drawings at different exhibitions. Rudolf Khachatryan attended the Yerevan Fine Art College for a few months in 1951, but was expelled over disagreement on educational principles. He met the prominent painter and sculptor Ervand Kochar in 1952 who became young artist’s mentor and friend, giving him drawing lessons. He lived in Paris for a long period, returned to Armenia and lived in Moscow since 1971. Rudolf Khachatryan died in 2007 at the age of 70 during heart surgery in Germany..
Work
Featured Work
Untitled
Yard
Mixed Media on Wood
90 x75 cm
1986
Experience
Selected Exhibitions, Symposiums and Awards
1955 Participated in local and international exhibitions
1959 Awarded Bronze medal at the exhibition of the Youth and Students’ seventh world festival in Vienna
1959 Awarded Gold medal at the first Biennale of the Transcaucasian republics
1960 Became member of the USSR Artists’ Union
1950-1960s was awarded Gold and Silver medals in the scope of various festivals
1961 The State Gallery of Armenia acquired several portraits by him of Armenian cultural intellectuals
1971 Lived and worked in Moscow
1977 Became Honored Artist of Armenia
1984 Became People’s Artist of Armenia
1989-1994 Lived and worked in London
1997 Awarded the Medal of People’s Friendship by the President of Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin
2002 Became a corresponding member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Russia
2003 Awarded RA Medal of Movses Khorenatsi
2003 Awarded the Gold Medal of the Franz Kafka European Organization