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1903 Harpoot, Armenia - 1997 Columbia, South Carolina. Known for: Modernist landscape and figure painting, drawing, teaching.
The following, submitted October 2004, is from Robert Jones, former student of the artist. Edmund Yaghjian was head of the art department of the University of South Carolina and was then Artist in... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2004, is from Robert Jones, former student of the artist. Edmund Yaghjian was head of the art department of the University of South Carolina and was then Artist in Residence there. He was a student of John Sloan and Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2004, is from Robert Jones, former student of the artist. Edmund Yaghjian was head of the art department of the University of South Carolina and was then Artist in Residence there. He was a student of John Sloan and Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York, and his work has the same spirit as the Ash Can School of painters. The colors orange and turquoise are often included in his works. His work is in public buildings and private collections in... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2004, is from Robert Jones, former student of the artist. Edmund Yaghjian was head of the art department of the University of South Carolina and was then Artist in Residence there. He was a student of John Sloan and Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York, and his work has the same spirit as the Ash Can School of painters. The colors orange and turquoise are often included in his works. His work is in public buildings and private collections in Columbia. His wife, Candy Yaghjian, was a watercolor artist. One son is an artist. Among his students are Jasper Johns and the well-known mural artist, Blue Sky, as well as Bill Poulos of Rice University. He granted me an art scholarship at the University... Read full biography
The following, submitted October 2004, is from Robert Jones, former student of the artist. Edmund Yaghjian was head of the art department of the University of South Carolina and was then Artist in Residence there. He was a student of John Sloan and Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York, and his work has the same spirit as the Ash Can School of painters. The colors orange and turquoise are often included in his works. His work is in public buildings and private collections in Columbia. His wife, Candy Yaghjian, was a watercolor artist. One son is an artist. Among his students are Jasper Johns and the well-known mural artist, Blue Sky, as well as Bill Poulos of Rice University. He granted me an art scholarship at the University and I studied under him until I graduated in 1965.... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •Art Students League, New York
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City
- •Salons of America
- •Society of Independent Artists-
Art Teacher
- •Ivan Olinsky
- •John Sloan
- •Robert Henri
- •Stuart Davis
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •Rhode Island School of Design, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Drawing Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Armenian
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Kraushaar Galleries, New York
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salons of America-
- •Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Metropolitan Museum of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts