Friday, September 29 2017 11:26

ArmInfo. In Yerevan in the  National Gallery of Armenia on October 3 an exhibition of the famous  Bulgarian artist of Armenian origin Bedik Bedrosyan will open.

As the press service of the Bulgarian embassy told ArmInfo, the  exhibition will be held under the patronage of His Holiness the  Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II. The  main initiator of the cultural event is Kevork Krikoryan from the  Armenian society "ARARAT" in Varna, the charity organization  "Baregorsakan" financially supports.

The National Gallery of Armenia and the City Gallery of Sofia took  part in its preparation. The exhibition is organized with the  assistance of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in Yerevan and  personally the Ambassador of Mr. Maria Pavlova.  The exhibition is  called "Prystanishche", since Bulgaria became a haven for Bedrosyan  and his family in the hard years of persecution of Armenians. The  artist, captivated by the beauty of Dobruja - the land between the  Danube River and the Black Sea, made it the main theme of his works.

More than 80 paintings by the artist will be presented in the  National Gallery of Armenia, as well as sketches and poems in the  Armenian Bedika Bedrosyan. There will also be presented a draft of  the monument of the artist, which the famous sculptor Georgi  Chapkanov-Chapa gives "Ararat" Varna. The memorial will be installed  in Silistra, where Bedrosyan worked most of his life. Very  interesting is the fact that in the 40s of the 20th century Bedik  Bedrosyan painted icons along with landscapes. The most famous icon  of "Three Magi" will be blessed personally by the Catholicos of All  Armenians - Garegin II. The artist painted frescoes and domes of the  Armenian church "Surp Astvatsatsin" in Silistra. 

The temple was founded in 1611 - 1620 years and is one of the oldest  Armenian spiritual centers in Bulgaria. The legacy of Bedrosyan  includes about 600 works that are kept in art galleries of Silistra,  Tutrakan, Dobrich, Varna, Plovdiv, Pazardzhik, in public and private  collections in Armenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, USA, Germany,  France.