Hakob kojoyan biography definition

Armenian artist (1883-1959)

Hakob Kojoyan (Armenian: Հակոբ Կոջոյան; December 13, 1883 – April 24, 1959) was an Armenian artist.

He mostly worked in the genres of painting and applied art. Hakob Kojoyan assisted Armenian architect Alexander Tamanian in creating the coat of arms for the First Republic of Armenia.

Biography

Hakob Kojoyan was born in 1883 in Akhaltsikhe in the family of goldsmith.

In 1890 his family moved to Vladikavkaz, where little Hakob attended the Craftsmen Secondary School.

Hakob kojoyan biography definition

Meanwhile, he learned goldsmith craft at his father's workshop. During those years he was also involved in painting with the help of Ossetian painter Makharbek Tuganov. After graduating from high school, he left for Moscow to learn more jewelry skills where he studied at Prusov's jewelry studio.

In 1903 Kojoyan left for Germany. In Munich, he studied at Hashbury Studio and later at the Academy of Fine Arts. The "Self-portrait" created by him during these years is