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1929 Shanghai, China - 2004 San Francisco, California. Known for: Minimalist-non objective painting, printmaking.
Sam Tchakalian was born in Shanghai, China, in 1929. His parents fled the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900's escaping the Turkish massacres by migrating to China by traversing the Caucasus and... Read full biography
Sam Tchakalian was born in Shanghai, China, in 1929. His parents fled the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900's escaping the Turkish massacres by migrating to China by traversing the Caucasus and Siberia and traveling through China via the Chinese Eastern Railway. Thus, Sam and his brothers were among... Read full biography
Sam Tchakalian was born in Shanghai, China, in 1929. His parents fled the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900's escaping the Turkish massacres by migrating to China by traversing the Caucasus and Siberia and traveling through China via the Chinese Eastern Railway. Thus, Sam and his brothers were among the first generation of Armenians born outside their homeland following the Armenian Holocaust. Sam lived in China during the first 17 years of his life. After World War II and much civil and... Read full biography
Sam Tchakalian was born in Shanghai, China, in 1929. His parents fled the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900's escaping the Turkish massacres by migrating to China by traversing the Caucasus and Siberia and traveling through China via the Chinese Eastern Railway. Thus, Sam and his brothers were among the first generation of Armenians born outside their homeland following the Armenian Holocaust. Sam lived in China during the first 17 years of his life. After World War II and much civil and political unrest in China, along with his brothers Manuel and Edward, the family relocated to San Francisco. Tchakalian received a B.A. degree in Psychology at San Francisco State University in 1952. After receiving his degree in Psychology, Tchakalian... Read full biography
Sam Tchakalian was born in Shanghai, China, in 1929. His parents fled the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900's escaping the Turkish massacres by migrating to China by traversing the Caucasus and Siberia and traveling through China via the Chinese Eastern Railway. Thus, Sam and his brothers were among the first generation of Armenians born outside their homeland following the Armenian Holocaust. Sam lived in China during the first 17 years of his life. After World War II and much civil and political unrest in China, along with his brothers Manuel and Edward, the family relocated to San Francisco. Tchakalian received a B.A. degree in Psychology at San Francisco State University in 1952. After receiving his degree in Psychology, Tchakalian would serve in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and work within the military intelligence structure of the Army until the war ended in 1953.... Read full biography
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About Sam Tchakalian: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsCrocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814Fresno Art Museum
2233 North First Street
Fresno, CA 93703-9955Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
250 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SFMOMA
151 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94103Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014