Saryan`s century-old Secret: A dialogue with the Artist through time

ArmInfo.  An event of exceptional significance has occurred at the National Art Gallery. Experts have discovered another work hidden behind Martiros Saryan's sketch "Peasant Women in a Field" (1914) restoration work on  paintings held in the Gallery's collection. This work had been hidden  from view for over a century and has now been returned to the art  space.

As Vigen Galstyan, one of the curators of the exhibition organized  for this occasion at the National Gallery, noted that experts are  inclined to believe that the discovered still life by Saryan dates  back to 1910. He mentioned that the artist destroyed at least five of  his paintings that year and did not rule out the possibility that  restoration and research work could lead to new discoveries.

The newly discovered Saryan painting is currently being exhibited as  part of the exhibition "Museum Work: Discoveries," an initiative of  the National Gallery of Armenia aimed at scientifically rethinking  and updating the museum's collection using modern research and  digital tools.

The exhibition will run until April 15 of this year.