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1848 Istanbul, Turkey - 1906 Istanbul, Turkey. Known for: Luminous, nocturnal waterscene painting.
Mekertich Hovhannesi Givanian was born in 1848 in Constantinople to Armenian parents. He studied at Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in the 1860s alongside Abraham Sakayan. Inspired by... Read full biography
Mekertich Hovhannesi Givanian was born in 1848 in Constantinople to Armenian parents. He studied at Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in the 1860s alongside Abraham Sakayan. Inspired by Ivan Aivazovsky, he explored marine subjects. Givanian spent time in Italy, married an Italian woman... Read full biography
Mekertich Hovhannesi Givanian was born in 1848 in Constantinople to Armenian parents. He studied at Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in the 1860s alongside Abraham Sakayan. Inspired by Ivan Aivazovsky, he explored marine subjects. Givanian spent time in Italy, married an Italian woman upon his return to Asia Minor, settled in Odessa in 1894, and later spent four years in St. Petersburg. He passed away in Istanbul in 1906.
Mekertich Hovhannesi Givanian was born in 1848 in Constantinople to Armenian parents. He studied at Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in the 1860s alongside Abraham Sakayan. Inspired by Ivan Aivazovsky, he explored marine subjects. Givanian spent time in Italy, married an Italian woman upon his return to Asia Minor, settled in Odessa in 1894, and later spent four years in St. Petersburg. He passed away in Istanbul in 1906.
Mekertich Hovhannesi Givanian was born in 1848 in Constantinople to Armenian parents. He studied at Istanbul's Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in the 1860s alongside Abraham Sakayan. Inspired by Ivan Aivazovsky, he explored marine subjects. Givanian spent time in Italy, married an Italian woman upon his return to Asia Minor, settled in Odessa in 1894, and later spent four years in St. Petersburg. He passed away in Istanbul in 1906.

