Lot #63 - John Bashian, 1897-1975 (Armenia/USA)
John Bashian, 1897-1975 (Armenia/USA)
Estimate: 1 500 - 2 500 £
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John Bashian (1897-1975)
Portrait of unknown woman, 1926
Oil on canvas, size 122 x 84 cm (48 x 33 inches)
Signed lower right
JOHN NIGOHOSIAN DANA-BASHIAN (aka DANA)
John Dana-Bashian was born in Armenia in 1897 and immigrated to the United States in 1907.
In 1916 he enrolled at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He studied there until 1924.
He was a professional photographer with the eminent Portrait Photographer, John Garo of Boston, in the late 1920's. Yousef Karsh was an apprentice for three years under Garo at his studio on Boylston Street from 1928 to 1930 while Dana was there. In the 1930's, he worked for the WPA (Works Progress Administration) for the Federal Art Project, but many of these works have disappearedpossibly into private collections. He taught Fine Arts at the New England School of Art in Boston from 1948 to 1959
Portrait of unknown woman, 1926
Oil on canvas, size 122 x 84 cm (48 x 33 inches)
Signed lower right
JOHN NIGOHOSIAN DANA-BASHIAN (aka DANA)
John Dana-Bashian was born in Armenia in 1897 and immigrated to the United States in 1907.
In 1916 he enrolled at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He studied there until 1924.
He was a professional photographer with the eminent Portrait Photographer, John Garo of Boston, in the late 1920's. Yousef Karsh was an apprentice for three years under Garo at his studio on Boylston Street from 1928 to 1930 while Dana was there. In the 1930's, he worked for the WPA (Works Progress Administration) for the Federal Art Project, but many of these works have disappearedpossibly into private collections. He taught Fine Arts at the New England School of Art in Boston from 1948 to 1959
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