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| MKRTUM HOVNATANIAN |
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| Date of birth: | 1779 | | Date of death: | 1846 | | Place of death: | Tiflis | | Scope of activity: | Church-painter |
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| Lived in Tiflis. He is the representative of famous Hovnatanian generation. He is the founder of easle-painting in Armenia Art by his works "Haik", "Abgar", "Trdat", "Artashes 1", "Ashot 1", "Levon 2" which became the start of
secular Art in Armenia. He has also painted the "Horashen" church in Tiflis. |
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The first ancestor of armenians Haik
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