PRESS RELEASE
From: Mira Yardemian
Public Relations Director
Haigazian University
Mexique Street, Kantari, Beirut
P.O.Box. 11-1748
Riad El Solh 1107 2090
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"Glimpse of Life": The Recent Works of Lucy Tutunjian at Haigazian
University
On Friday, October 31, 2008, opened the painting exhibition of Lucy
Tutunjian at the Haigazian University Art Center, Matossian Gallery, in
the presence of Ministers Raymond Audi and Jean Oghasabian, Member of
Parliament Hagop Kassardjian, Bishop Kegham Khatcherian, University
President, Rev. Paul Haidostian, and a host of community dignitaries,
artists, media representatives, and art appreciators.
Tutunjian displayed more than 40 oil and watercolor paintings of medium
size, representing according to her a "glimpse of her life". The
collection is an amalgam of beautiful scenery, family gatherings and
motherhood.
As French artist Matisse once said, "in the beginning you must subject
yourself to the influence of Nature", Nature itself helped nurture the
art of Lucy Tutunjian. The vivid sites and scenes are inspired by the
picturesque countryside of her town Baabdat, in Mount Lebanon, and the
exotic sceneries in the Far East, represented in "A View from Bali",
which the artist had visited earlier in her life. The intensity of the
light, the brightness of colors, and the raw beauty of the landscapes,
are magnified with the use of the green color, with all its
degradations, in addition to the red, yellow and the blue.
A fulfilled wife, mother, grandmother and philanthropic lady, Tutunjian
excels gracefully in putting her spirit and love in her paintings, where
family gatherings, children, mothers, resonate positive energy and an
exceptional joy of life.
A full-fledged artist, a gifted pianist, Tutunjian also puts on view in
"The Piano", her stunning black "piano-a-queue", beautifully decorated
by a vase of flowers, a corner of her house that she cherishes the most.
Lucy Tutunjian was born in Cairo, Egypt, where she was initiated to
painting by the Egyptian born painter Puzant Gojamanian.
Settling in Lebanon in 1950, she continued her studies under the
supervision of artist Lucie Nercess.
In the early 1960’s, she broadened her scope of art by working under the
guidance of the renowned artist Paul Guiraguossian who ignited her
passion of painting, improving her taste, style, and technique.
Since 1962, she has participated in more than 30 solo and collective
exhibitions in Beirut, Cairo, Montreal, New York, New Jersey and
Yerevan.
"Glimpse of Life", is in course till November 11, 2008.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
