Martiros Saryan and Minas Avetisyan

The photograph shows two great figures of Armenian fine art, Martiros Saryan and Minas Avetisyan.

Saryan is considered one of the founders of modern Armenian painting. Minas Avetisyan was one of his followers in ideas and in art, who brought new life to Armenian art by uniting tradition with modern means of expression.

In the picture a young bearded man has his arm around the shoulders of a white-haired elderly man seated beside him and holds his hand.