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1892 Harpoot, Armenia - 1980 Boston, Massachusetts. Known for: Landscape and marine painting, teaching.
Giragos Der Garabedian, artist. 1892-1980. The artist was the proprietor of the Fenway Art Center in the Back Bay center of Boston and well known for his landscapes and marines. He worked primarily... Read full biography
Giragos Der Garabedian, artist. 1892-1980. The artist was the proprietor of the Fenway Art Center in the Back Bay center of Boston and well known for his landscapes and marines. He worked primarily in oils but has done some work in watercolors and tempera. Throughout the years he had numerous... Read full biography
Giragos Der Garabedian, artist. 1892-1980. The artist was the proprietor of the Fenway Art Center in the Back Bay center of Boston and well known for his landscapes and marines. He worked primarily in oils but has done some work in watercolors and tempera. Throughout the years he had numerous showings of his paintings, many of which were done in the Massachusetts art colony of Rockport. Der Garabedian was sent alone by his parents to the United States at the age 15 from Harpoot, Armenia; they,... Read full biography
Giragos Der Garabedian, artist. 1892-1980. The artist was the proprietor of the Fenway Art Center in the Back Bay center of Boston and well known for his landscapes and marines. He worked primarily in oils but has done some work in watercolors and tempera. Throughout the years he had numerous showings of his paintings, many of which were done in the Massachusetts art colony of Rockport. Der Garabedian was sent alone by his parents to the United States at the age 15 from Harpoot, Armenia; they, and other Armenians, remained to face the persecution and eventual massacre by the Turks that took place in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He worked at various jobs to subsist and pay for art studies at the Cooper Union in New York City. He served... Read full biography
Giragos Der Garabedian, artist. 1892-1980. The artist was the proprietor of the Fenway Art Center in the Back Bay center of Boston and well known for his landscapes and marines. He worked primarily in oils but has done some work in watercolors and tempera. Throughout the years he had numerous showings of his paintings, many of which were done in the Massachusetts art colony of Rockport. Der Garabedian was sent alone by his parents to the United States at the age 15 from Harpoot, Armenia; they, and other Armenians, remained to face the persecution and eventual massacre by the Turks that took place in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He worked at various jobs to subsist and pay for art studies at the Cooper Union in New York City. He served in the US Marine Corp in World War 1 where he pioneered the art of camouflaging fighter aircraft. After the war, Der Garabe... Read full biography
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Giragos Der Garabedian, artist
1892-1980
The artist was the proprietor of the Fenway Art Center in the Back Bay center of Boston and well known for his landscapes and marines. He worked primarily in oils but has done some work in watercolors and tempera. Throughout the years he had numerous showings of his paintings, many of which were done in the Massachusetts art colony of Rockport.
Der Garabedian was sent alone by his parents to the United States at the age 15 from Harpoot, Armenia; they, and other Armenians, remained to face the persecution and eventual massacre by the Turks that took place in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He worked at various jobs to subsist and pay for art studies at the Cooper Union in New York Cit...But wait, there's more...
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