SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Armen Der Kiureghian, professor of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, has published a book about the life and work of his father, Iranian-Armenian painter Sumbat Der Kiureghian. The book presents Sumbat's biography and art, written by his son, as well as 120 pages of color reproductions of Sumbat's paintings, personal anecdotes and letters. Der Kiureghian compiled the material over a period of nine years, drawing on archival resources in Iran, Armenia and the United States. The foreword is written by Armenian cultural anthropologist Levon Abrahamian. Haroutiun Samuelian. Sumbat particalarly painted Iranian and Armenian village scenes and landscapes. According to www.mirrorspectator.com, through his art, he played the role of a mediator between East and West: he brought a European artistic style to Iran and he introduced Iranian lifestyle, folk traditions and landscapes to Western audiences.

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