Alexander Ovakimovich Grigoryan (1927 - 2008)

Alexander Ovakimovich Grigoryan

Alexander Ovakimovich Grigoryan (Russian: Александр Овакимович Григорян) was a Soviet and Armenian artist of the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He is known as a painter and graphic artist, portraitist and illustrator.

Alexander Grigoryan painted pictures characterized by bright saturated colors and emotionality. He specialized in portraits of well-known personalities, whose images he conveyed with warmth and empathy. His works did not just reflect faces, but also conveyed the inner world and temperament of each person depicted.

The master also illustrated works by Shakespeare and Armenian writers.