DIRANIAN Sarkis
SUMMER’S DAY
Oil on panel: 38.5 x 55 cm / 15.2 x 21.7 ins
Signed lower left
Painter of portraits, genre scenes and landscapes.
Sarkis Diranian was a pupil of Guillemet at the art academy of the same name set up in Istanbul in 1874. He also studied under Jean-Léon Gérome in Paris, where he eventually settled.
His elegant portraits, landscapes and views of Pera and Istanbul are painted in a sober manner using a minimum of colours. He won a special mention at the Paris Salon in 1892 and at the Exposition Universelle in 1900.
Period:
Born circa 1860 in Istanbul - died circa 1900
Turkish School (active in France)
Literature:
E. Bénézit, "Dictionary of Artists", Paris 2006, Vol. 4, p. 954.