Edman Ayvazyan

Edman Ayvazyan was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1932.[1]

Ayvazyan depicted Daredevils of Sassoun, the works of Hovhannes Tumanyan, and created many portraits, landscapes, and seascapes. His works can be found in many churches and museums including the Lazar Gallery, House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian,[2] and in 1982 contributed a major work for the Royal Mosque of King Khalid International Airport, in the form of a band of marble mosaic of Arabic calligraphy around its central dome.

Ayvazyan died on 25 March 2020 in London, England, due to COVID-19 (during the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic).[3][4]

From 1950 to 1990 Ayvazyan participated in group and solo exhibitions in Iran, Armenia, the UK and the United States.[5]

• Artists' Union of Armenia, Yerevan, 1987
• Ararat club, Tehran[6]
• "Colors of homeland", Yerevan, National Gallery of Armenia, 2015[7]

• Arshil Gorki medal of Republic of Armenia Ministry of Diaspora, 2015.

• Tehran to display Armenian artworks at the Wayback Machine (archived November 28, 2010). Article at presstv.ir. October 12, 2010.

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