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Armenia
11 November 2020
Yeghishe Tadevossian 150th Birth Anniversary

On November 11th, 2020, two postage stamps dedicated to the theme “Prominent Armenians. 150th anniversary of Yeghishe Tadevossian” are put into circulation.
The postage stamp with the nominal value of 230 AMD depicts the painting “Self-portrait” of the Armenian prominent painter Yeghishe Tadevossian (1870-1936) and the postage stamp with the nominal value of 330 AMD represents his painting “Canal and Gondola”.
230դր. – Self Portrait by Yeghishe Tadevosyan
Technical Specifications:
Date of issue: November 11, 2020
Designer: Vahagn Mkrtchyan
Printing house: Cartor, France
Size: 30,0 x 40,0 mm
Stamps per sheet: 10 pcs
Print run: 30 000 pcs.
330դր – Canal and Gondola by Yeghishe Tadevosyan
Technical Specifications:
Date of issue: November 11, 2020
Designer: Vahagn Mkrtchyan
Printing house: Cartor, France
Size: 40,0 x 30,0 mm
Stamps per sheet: 10 pcs
Print run: 30 000 pcs.
Yeghishe Martirosi Tadevosyan (Armenian: Եղիշե Մարտիրոսի Թադևոսյան, September 24, 1870, Etchmiadzin — January 22 1936, Tbilisi) was an Armenian painter associated with the Peredvizhniki and Mir Iskusstva movements. He was awarded the title of “Honored Artist” by the Armenian SSR in 1935.
He studied at the Lazarian School, then entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Vasily Polenov was his teacher and friend. He graduated in 1894 and began participating in exhibitions by the Peredvizhniki shortly after.
In 1898, he travelled to Palestine with Polenov and would revisit the Middle East several times. In 1901, he moved from Moscow to Tbilisi and became an art teacher.
His early work had been influenced by Vardges Sureniants but, after this time, he began to employ impressionistic and pointillistic techniques. In 1916, he became the founder and head of the Union of Armenian Artists.
Yeghishe Tadevosyan is buried at Komitas Pantheon which is located in the city center of Yerevan. A street in Yerevan and an Art school in Etchmiadzin (now Vagharshapat) are named after him.
