ARMENIAN PEOPLE’S ARTIST EDUARD ARSTRUNYAN DIES AT 81
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 6, 2010 – 12:25 AMT 07:25 GMT
Armenian People’s Artist, one of the most prominent representatives of
modern Armenian painting art Eduard Arstrunyan died at the age of 81.
A governmental commission on organization of funeral was formed by
order of Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. Civil funeral rites will
take place in the Armenian Artists’ Union on May 7 from 12 to 2 pm.
Eduard Arstrunyan was born in Leninakan (Gyumri) in 1929. Graduate of
Merkulov and Terlemezyan art schools (1944-1951) and Leningrad Art
Academy (1951-1957), he moved to Moscow in 1963. 13 years later, in
1976, he moved to Yerevan, where he lived and worked until his death.