Rudolf Khachatryan
Rudolf Khachatryan was an artist from Yerevan, Armenia, mainly focused on painting and drawing.
His created paintings and portraits, using various media. In particular, white or colored paper, pencil, light-brown liquid ink (sepia), and red chalk pencil (sanguine), pen and brush.
Later on he focused more on creating portraits and still lifes with black or monochromatic ocher pencil, developing his own distinctive artistic style, his famous realistic artworks on gesso.
But he has also unique characters and sculptures from his late period.
His artworks have been stored in museums and private collections and exhibited in different international exhibitions such as in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Odessa, London and Yerevan.
About the Artist
Rudolf Khachatryan (Roudolf Khachatrian) was born in Yerevan in 1937. He started painting and drawing at the age of three and at 18 he exhibited his drawings at different exhibitions.
Rudolf Khachatryan met the prominent painter and sculptor Ervand Kochar in 1952 who became young artist’s mentor and friend, giving him drawing lessons.
He lived in Paris for a long period, returned to Armenia and lived in Moscow since 1971.