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Marcos Grigorian was born on 5 December, 1925 in Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, is a Marcos Grigorian. Discover Marcos Grigorian's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

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Occupation artist, gallerist
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 5 December, 1925
Birthday 5 December
Birthplace Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Date of death 27 August, 2007
Died Place Yerevan, Armenia
Nationality Russia

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Who Is Marcos Grigorian's Wife?

His wife is Flora Adamian (m. 1955–1960; divorce)

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Wife Flora Adamian (m. 1955–1960; divorce)
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Children Sabrina Grigorian

Marcos Grigorian Net Worth

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1920

Grigorian was born in Kropotkin, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, to an Armenian family from Kars who had fled that city to escape massacres when it was captured by Turkey in 1920.

1925

Marcos Grigorian, also known as Marco Grigorian (Մարկոս Գրիգորեան; ; December 5, 1925 – August 27, 2007) was an Iranian-Armenian and American artist and gallery owner, and he was a pioneer of Iranian modern art.

1930

In 1930, the family moved from Kropotkin to Iran, living first in the city of Tabriz, and then in Tehran.

1949

The Apadana gallery in Tehran opened in 1949, and began showing his work.

1950

After finishing his primary education in Iran, in 1950 he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome.

In the 1950s he acted in a few Iranian films, under the name "Marc Gregory".

1954

Graduating from there in 1954, he returned to Iran, opened the Galerie Esthétique, an important commercial gallery in Tehran.

1955

Marcos was married in 1955 to Flora Adamian, but the marriage ended in divorce by 1960.

1956

Marcos and Flora's daughter, Sabrina Grigorian (1956–1986), was an actress.

1958

In 1958, under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, he organized the first Tehran Biennial.

Grigorian was also an influential teacher at the Fine Arts Academy, where he disseminated his enthusiasm for local popular culture, including coffee-house paintings, a type of folk art named after the locations in which they were often displayed.

1960

He lived in the 1960s in the United States; first moving in 1962 to New York City, and then moved to Minneapolis to work at Minnetonka Center for the Arts.

In Minneapolis he started Universal Galleries which became an influential center for Iranian art in Minneapolis, and it existed at the same time along with a quickly growing Modern Iranian art collection that could be found at Abby Weed Grey's home.

1975

In 1975, Grey donated her collection to form New York University's art museum, the Grey Art Gallery.

In 1975, Grigorian helped organize the Group of Free Painters and Sculptors in Tehran and was a founder member.

Other founding artists included Gholamhossein Nami, Massoud Arabshahi, Morteza Momayez, Mir Abdolrez Daryabeigi, and Faramarz Pilaram.

His series, Earthworks, was on canvas and it used a mixture of clay and straw called "kahgel", which is commonly found as a building material in villages in Iran.

1989

In 1989, he traveled to Russia at the invitation of the Union of Russian Artists, visiting Moscow and Leningrad.

He later donated 5,000 of his artworks to the government of Armenia.

1991

He exhibited his clay and straw works in Yerevan in 1991.

Grigorian was also an early artist with land art in Iran.

Grigorian eventually moved to Yerevan, Armenia (which was then still a republic of the Soviet Union).

1993

In 1993, he founded the "Museum of the Middle East" in Yerevan with 2,600 works on display, with most of them coming from his own collection.

His work is included in various museum collections, including at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City; Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City; Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art; Museum of Contemporary Art in Kerman; the Near East Art Museum in Yerevan; and the National Gallery of Armenia.

2007

On 5 August 2007, Grigorian was assaulted and was beaten in the head by two masked robbers who had broken into his Yerevan home.

It was speculated that the robbers believed, erroneously, that there was a large sum of money in the house, proceeds from the sale of Grigorian's summer residence in Garni.

After an anonymous phone call to police, Grigorian was discovered injured and taken to hospital.

He died of a suspected heart attack on 27 August 2007, a day after leaving the hospital.