Panos terlemezian biography of martin
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Panos Terlemezian
Armenian landscape and portrait painter
Panos Terlemezian (Armenian: Փանոս Թերլեմեզյան; 11 March 1865, Aygestan near Van[1] - 30 April 1941, Yerevan) was an Armenian landscape and portrait painter; known for his support of Armenian nationalist causes.
Panos terlemezian biography of martin
Biography
His love for painting expressed itself while he was still in elementary school. From 1881 to 1885, he studied at the private college operated by Mekertich Portukalian, who inspired him to become one of the first members of his Armenakan Party.[1] Then, for four years, he taught drawing and several other subjects in Van.
In 1890, he was arrested and accused of belonging to a group that opposed the Ottoman government, but was released after six months for lack of evidence.
After that, his involvement in Armenian nationalism increased and, in 1893, he was forced to flee to Iran.
From there, he made his way to Tbilisi, where he lived until 1895, working first for a printing off