Golden-daisy Painting

Gago Rushanyan is a Russian painter of Armenian descent, a member of the Moscow Union of Artists since 1998. Gago was born in 1961 in the Armenian city of Gyumri. He graduated from the Art School in Gyumri, Armenia, in 1979. In 1983 the artist moved to Moscow to continue his art studies. In 1990 he graduated from the Moscow Printing Institute, where he studied fine art by Andrei Vasnetsov (1924-2009), a famous Soviet and Russian painter, one of the founders of the so called "severe style". Today Gago Rushanyan is an artist with distinctive artistic personality. His painting style absorbs the best Russian and world fine art traditions. Gago’s works unite distinctive Armenian character and brilliance with a profound sense of form, gained in the process of studying fine art in Russia. Gago’s favorite genres are portrait and nude model. From 1993 to 2003, the artist worked and conducted exhibitions in Germany. During this period the artist created over 200 works, most of which were sold to private collections. In 2003 Gago Rushanyan came back to Russia to continue his work in Moscow. Works of Gago Rushanyan are widely known not only in Russia, but also abroad. They are highly appreciated by the art critics. His works are exhibited in the Museum of East in Moscow, Russia, in the Cultural Center of Soorland in Germany, kept in private collections in Russia, Norway, Armenia, Israel, UK, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, USA.