Description: Sonomatreasures Presents for Your ConsiderationRare - Original - c1909 - Signed - Art Postcard - The Ani Cathedral - By Famous Armenian Artist Arshak FetvadjianInformation on Armenian Artist Arshak Abrahmi Fetvadjian: The artist and art historian Arshak Abrahmi Fetvadjian was born in October 1866 at Trebizond (modern Trabzon) in the Ottoman Empire. At Constantinople he studied painting at the State Fine Arts School (also known as the Imperial Academy of Art), graduating from there in 1887.Fetvadjian also trained at the San Luca Art Academy in Rome from 1887 to 1891. He lived, worked as an artist, and studied in Vienna from 1891 to 1895, before moving to St. Petersburg where he became a member of the Society of Russian Watercolour Painters.At the start of the 20th century Fetvadjian visited Ani in order to paint the ruins.Fetvadjian's paintings of Ani were factual and literal depictions of the buildings and were mostly done in watercolor.In the following years a large number of his watercolours were published as postcards. Most of these postcards depict buildings at Ani; a few are of other locations in Armenia; some are studies of the various races inhabiting Transcaucasia and elsewhere, shown wearing their national costumes.An album titled "Les Ruines d'Ani", containing 15 postcard-sized reproductions of Fetvadjian's Ani watercolours, was published in Vienna in 1903. At around the same time the same watercolours depicted in the album were issued as postcards. There was probably at least one reprint of the postcards - some of the cards are marked "made in Austria", others are not. (This postcard and others are all marked "Made in Austria")PLEASE SEE OTHER EARLY 20TH CENTURY ARMENIAN/ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ITEMS IN MY EBAY STORE.Please see pictures for condition.Additional pictures will be provided upon request. This item may be returned (minus shipping costs) if you are not completely satisfied - so bid with confidence. COMBINED SHIPPING AVAILABLE. No international shipping without prior approval. If you have any questions, please email me.CHECK OUT ARE OTHER ITEMS AT OUR SONOMATREASURES4U STORE - JUST CLICK THE "BLUE" DOOR ICON ABOVE.
Price: 24.99 USD
Location: Santa Rosa, California
End Time: 2024-10-25T23:54:06.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.95 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Signed: Yes
Year Manufactured: 1907
City: Ani
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Ani Armenia Church
Type: Linen Postcard
Era: Divided Back (1907-1915)
Theme: Art
Country: Armenia
Region: Armenia
Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919
Country/Region of Manufacture: Austria
Postage Condition: Unposted
