Hovnatanyan family

The Hovnatanyan family (Armenian: Հովնաթանյաններ; Russian: Овнатаняны; Georgian: ჰოვნათანიანები Hovnatanyans) was an Armenian family of painters. They include six generations form the 17th and 19th centuries. Hovnatanyans are descending from Shorot village, Yernjak district in Nakhichevan (now Şurud village in Julfa Rayon, Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan).

They were based on Nakhichevan, Yerevan, Tbilisi, Ejmiatsin, Saint Petersburg and Persia.

Most of their works are dedicated to Christianity like other works of their era.

Family members

Grigor (Գրիգոր) and Zorik (Զօրիկ) had three sons:

• Tadevos (Թադևոս) (17th century) - miniaturist, church clerk
• Haykaz (Հայկազ) (17th century)
• Hovhan (Հովհան) or Yohan (Ցոհան) (died in 1679), married to Soghomve (Սողովմե) - miniaturist, church clerk
  • Zarnishan (Զառնիշան)
  • Samir (Սամիր)
  • Margar (Մարգար) (17th century) – church clerk and a miniaturist
  • Naghash Hovnatan (Նաղաշ Հովնաթան) (1661-1722^[1]) - founder of the family; poet, artist, miniaturist, wall-painter, and a church clerk
    • Harutyun Hovnatanyan (Հարություն Հովնաթանյան) (18th century) – artist and a wall-painter
    • Hakob Hovnatanyan (Հակոբ Հովնաթանյան) (died in 1757) – artist, miniaturist, and poet
      • Hovnatan Hovnatanyan (Հովնաթան Հովնաթանյան) (1730’s – 1801/1802) – wall-painter
      • Mkrtum Hovnatanyan (Մկրտում Հովնաթանյան) (1779 —1846) – artist, buried in Khojivank cemetery, Tbilisi.
        • Aghaton Hovnatanyan (Աղաթոն Հովնաթանյան) (1816-1893) - artist
        • Hakob Hovnatanyan (Հակոբ Հովնաթանյան) (1806—1881) – artist

Gallery

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  Portrait of Melikishvili by Hakob Hovnatanyan, The Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi.

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  Karajyan by Hakob Hovnatanyan.

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  King Tiridates with his wife Ashkhen and sister Khosrovaduht by Naghash Hovnatan.

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  Grigor Tatevatsi by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan

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  Etchmiadzin Cathedral dome by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan and his son Mkrtum Hovnatanyan.

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  Last Supper bu Hovnatan Hovnatanyan.

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  Moses of Chorene by Hovnatan Hovnatanyan.

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  Hayk by Mkrtum Hovnatanyan.

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  Nerses V by Hakob Hovnatanyan.

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  Ejmiatsin, by Naghash Hovnatan.

References

1. ^ (Armenian) Հովնաթանյաններ

• (Armenian) Նախիջևան` Գլուխ հինգերորդ

See also

• Armenian culture