Armenia 100 Dram Silver 0.925 coin BU 2024 2024

Description: Face Value(dram)Metal,finenessWeight(g)Diameter(mm)Quantity(pcs)EdgeQuality100silver 92528,2828,0 x 40,0500evenBU Ervand Kochar-125 ERVAND KOCHAR (Kocharyan, 1899–1979), great Armenian artist, sculptor, founder of the Painting in Space (four-dimensional, kinetic painting), People’s Artist of Armenian SSR (1965) and People’s Artist of the Soviet Union (1976).From 1909 to 1919, Kochar studied at the Nersisian School in Tbilisi, attended a school for painting and sculpture, and studied at the Free Arts Studios in Moscow.Kochar’s early works, such as “De Profundis” (1919), “The Adolescent” (1919), and “The Italian Poet” (1922) are notable for their originality and subtle sense of colors.In 1922, Kochar moved to Constantinople, then to Venice, and then to Paris. From 1923 through 1936, he participated in many exhibitions and held four solo exhibitions. In Paris, Kochar invented Painting in Space, one of the greatest achievements of avant-garde art.Kochar is known as one of the pioneers of modern art who transformed previously held ideas about modern painting. He brought the highest professionalism to Armenian art, contributed to the overcoming of stereotypes and uniformity, and had a great influence on the development of Armenian visual and aesthetic thought. His works include the painting “The Disaster of War” (1962), “The Eagle of Zvartnots” memorial sculpture (1955, architect: R. Israyelyan), the statues “Muse of Cybernetics” (1972, architect: H. Kochar), “Vardan Mamikonyan” (1975, architect: S. Kurkchyan), and the “David of Sassoun” statue (1959, architect: M. Mazmanyan) which has become a symbol for all Armenians.The Ervand Kochar Museum (established in 1984) operates in Yerevan. A street in Yerevan and the art center of the city of Hrazdan are named after Kochar.Kochar’s art is displayed in many museums around the world, but his Painting in Space works can only be seen at the Ervand Kochar Museum and at the National Museum of Modern Art – Centre Pompidou in Paris. Obverse: Ervand Kochar’s “Portrait of Melineh” (1930) and “Erebuni-Yerevan” (1968).Reverse: portrait of Ervand Kochar, excerpt from “The Disaster of War” (1962), and “Melancholy” (1959). Designer: Karen Melikyan.The coin is minted at the Mint of Poland.

Price: 229.9 USD

Location: Hrazdan

End Time: 2024-09-14T17:34:13.000Z

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