YEREVAN, JULY 20, ARMENPRESS. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has visited the house of prominent painter Minas Avetisyan (1928-1975), where he met with the widow, children and grandchildren of the renowned artist to congratulate on the latter’s 90^th anniversary of birth.

The president viewed several early works of Minas and talked to the painter’s family.

Then Sarkissian visited the studio of the painter, where Avetisyan’s son – Narek Avetisyan – is painting presently. The president viewed Narek Avetisyan’s works and talked about the trends of development of contemporary Armenian arts.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan