ABRIL BOOKSTORE invites you to meet
ARMEN DER KIUREGHIAN, author of the newly released book
“THE LIFE AND ART OF SUMBAT” which showcases the art and life of his father
SUMBAT DER KIUREGHIAN
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2010 – 8:00pm
ABRIL BOOKSTORE – 415 E. Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205
Admission is free. Wine and Cheese Reception to follow. For more information, call (818) 243-4112. Purchase a copy of the book by going to:
http://www.abrilbooks.com/books/10635.html
Born in 1913 to an Armenian family in New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran, Sumbat is the most celebrated watercolorist of this ancient capital city – the center of Iranian arts and crafts. He was influenced by both western and eastern artistic styles, and by Armenian and Iranian traditions. Sumbat’s paintings describe scenes around his hometown and the ordinary life of people living in the surrounding villages and towns. They possess a lyrical quality, an extraordinary harmony of colors, and a striking honesty of expression. During his 65 years of artistic career, he produced thousands of watercolors, gouaches and oils, which are now scattered throughout the world in private collections and museums. He lived in Iran until 1980, then moved to the United States where he died in 1999. In addition to Iran and the United States, he traveled and painted in Armenia, England, France, Italy, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland.
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UPCOMING ABRIL EVENTS:
Mar. 22, 2010 at 8:00pm – Ara Melkonian, translator of newly released English edition of Raffi’s “Khamsayi Melikoutiunneru”
Mar. 25, 2010 at 8:00pm – Armen Der Kiureghian, author of “The Life and Art of Sumbat”
April 8, 2010 at 8:00pm – Hrayr S. Karagueuzian, co-author of “A Perfect Injustice: Genocide and Theft of Armenian Wealth”
April 24-25, 2010 – Abril Bookstore at the LA Times Festival of Books, UCLA
May 15, 2010 – 8:00pm – Alan Semerdjian, author of “In the Architecture of Bone”
CURRENT BOOK CLUB:
Yervant Odian’s “Accursed Years” (English translation by Ara Melkonian) – next meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010 – 7:30pm (Please have first 10 chapters read)