Serkis Or Sarkis Diranian (1854-1938), Still Life With Fruits, 1897, Oil On Canvas

Serkis or Sarkis Diranian (Constantinople 1854-1938)
Still life with fruits, 1897
Oil On Canvas
43.5 x 54 cm (frame)
60 x 69 cm (frame)
Signed and dated lower right: S. Diranian 97
Door on the reverse the brand of the canvas merchant: Blanchet / 20 rue Saint Benoit / Paris
Good condition - restorations - modern wooden frame

Orientalist Ottoman painter of Armenian origin, Serkis Diranian spent a long part of his life in Paris. He studied at the Academy of Drawing and Painting opened by Guillemet in 1875 in Péra (European district of Constantinople). He then left for Paris where he entered the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme. In 1889, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and participated until 1910 in the exhibitions of the society of French artists in Paris. In 1908 he presented a solo exhibition in Paris and in 1909 participated in a mixed exhibition in Munich.