07/10/2014 18:05
Armenian president visits exhibition of T. Axentowicz’s works
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and First Lady Rita Sargsyan visited the exhibition of works by Polish painter of Armenian descent Teodor Axentowicz. The First Lady of Poland Anna Komorowska who is in Armenia at the invitation of Serzh and Rita Sargsyans also attended the exhibition held at the National Picture Gallery in Yerevan.
Among the visitors were also Polish Ambassador to Armenia Zdzislaw Raczynski, foreign ambassadors, Mayor of Sopot Jacek Karnowski, and Director of Sopot’s State Picture Gallery Zbigniew Busk. 53 works by the painter are displayed at the exhibition held under the patronage of Presidents of Armenia and Poland.
In June, the State Picture Gallery of Sopot hosted two exhibitions - “Hovhannes Aivazovsky: Time and Eternity” and “Polish Armenian Teodor Axentowicz”.