An exhibition dedicated to the artworks of Martiros Saryan, one of the greatest Armenian painters of the 20th century, is launching today at Martiros Saryan House-Museum in the Armenian capital of Yerevan.

Titled “Saryan and France”, the exhibition is organized as part of La Francophonie events in the capital, the Ministry of Culture told Panorama.am.  

Saryan’s Gazelles, a famous painting from Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery, will go on display at the event for the first time. The exhibition will also feature Rue d'une ville caucasienne, Tiflis (1927) (In the Caucasus, Tiflis) a canvas with a unique story. The latter is a great event, since the painting will be displayed in Armenia for the first time in 90 years.  

The exhibition runs through 14 November. 

Saryan’s Paris period (1926-1928) was extremely productive and greatly significant in terms of undertaking new creative challenges. The solo exhibition in 1928 in Galerie Charles-Auguste Girard, for which the artist was preparing for a year and a half, was to be a kind of summation of everything he had developed and achieved in Paris in a comparatively short time.