Arsen Chabanian

Oil on canvas. The surface is dirty and covered with a layer of slightly yellowed varnish. There is minor paint loss around the edges. There are some very small spots of brown staining in the lower right quadrant, to the left of the tree trunks. Under UV pigment fluoresces in the sky, clouds, sea and rocks, but varnish prevents a conclusive analysis. Held in a frame with plaster molding. Unexamined out of frame.
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Arsen Chabanian studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris where he perfected his technique for depicting the sea. He greatly admired the work of Ivan Aivazovsky, his friend and contemporary, whose influence is evident in the present lot. Many of Chabanian's pictures now hang in important institutions in Europe including the Luxembourg Museum in Paris.