Crikor Garabetian Armenian (1908-1993) Oil On Cardboard Post Cubist Signed Dated 1951 46x34cm Քրիկոր Կարապետյան հայկական (1908-1993) յուղ ՝ ստվարաթղթե վրա K’rikor Karapetyan Haykakan (1908-1993) Yugh ՝ Stvarat’ght’e Vra

Oil on cardboard depicting a person standing upright and cross-positioned, hands up and legs apart. Work treated in the Cubist style, and RARE in the known repertoire of the painter. Modern American box frame Dimensions Oil 46X34 cm Crikor GARABETIAN (1908-1993) This Armenian artist, born in Romania in Bucharest on November 7, 1908, arrived in Paris in 1927 and lived there for 3 years. In 1936, he returned to the foreign legion and remained there until 1947. During the war, he was taken prisoner in Germany. Upon his release, he accompanies one of his friends in Lyon where he settles permanently and gets married there. He successfully resumed his artistic career started in Romania. His pictorial work is very influenced by his Armenian origin and his Romanian culture. This is reflected in the oppositions of colors, the themes of his paintings, the predominant influence of the family. His figurative painting combines religious themes, animated landscapes and the predominance of the family. He exhibited in Lyon and Paris. It is present in museums of the region and in Bucharest