Arabik Baghdasarian
Arabik Baghdasarian | |
|---|---|
آراپیک باغداساریان | |
| Born | August 25, 1939 Sari, Iran |
| Died | January 29, 1986 (aged 46) |
| Nationality | Armenian-Iranian |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran |
| Occupation(s) | cartoonist, director and translator |
| Known for | painting, drawing, director, cartoons |
Arabik Baghdasarian (Armenian: Arapik Baghdasarian; August 25, 1939 – January 29, 1986) was an Iranian cartoonist, graphic designer and translator.
Biography[edit]
Baghdasarian was born in Sari in 1939. He finished his studies in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University in the field of painting and spent about a year studying graphics in France. He worked in the fields of caricature, graphics and book illustration and then succeeded in directing short films, fiction and animation.[1]
Baghdasarian died on November 9, 1364, at the age of 46.[2]
Career[edit]
Baghdasarian's caricatures were published in one or two prestigious magazines of that time, including Negin magazine under the pseudonym Petros Karamian, remaining incognito for many years. Iranian art historian Rouyin Pakbaz introduces Baghdasarian as a knowledgeable, sharp and masterful artist, adding that he "was not recognized as he should have been in his time. He worked in the fields of illustration and book design, animation, poster, and advertising art; But he was more interested in humor and caricature. He found black humor to be a suitable medium to express his philanthropy and social sensitivities. In this context, he tested the methods of the old and new satirist masters."[3][4][5]
Baghdasarian worked in graphics and book illustration at the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents and then at the Franklin Publishing Institute. Along with Nooruddin Zarinkalak and Ebrahim Haghigi, he played an active role in promotion of the graphics orders of the Grapharm workshop between 1985 and 1989. At that time, the main activities of the Grapharm workshop were generic drug design, of which pharmaceutical factories and the Association of Pharmacists of the Medical System were pioneers.[6] Before the revolution, Baghdasarian was also creating posters for the revolution as part of the Fine Arts students group.[7]
Baghdasarian was a director of numerous movies.[8][9]
Filmography[edit]
- The field of protection [حوزهٔ استحفاظی] (1971)
- Weighlifter [وزنه‌بردار] (1970)
- Caught [گرفتار] (1969)
- Caught [گرفتار] (1971)
References[edit]
- ^ "کانون پرورش فکری و دوران طلایی انیمیشن در ایران". BBC News فارسی (in Persian). 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ "آراپیک باغداساریان". iranak.org. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ "ايران کارتون اولين سايت مرجع کارتون و کاريکاتور در ايران". www.irancartoon.ir. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ "گل و گلوله؛ نگاهی به پوستر های انقلاب در ایران - یاقوت". web.archive.org. 2016-10-29. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
- ^ Pakbaz, Ruayin (1385). Encyclopedia of Art . Tehran: Contemporary Culture. p. 71
- ^ Zarinkalak, Nuruddin (1385). contemporary graphic designers of Iran; 8 . Tehran: Yesavali. p. 84 and 85
- ^ Shihgaran, Behzad; Ahripour, Akbar (April 29, 2013). "گل و گلوله؛ نگاهی به پوستر های انقلاب در ایران" [Flowers and bullets. A look at the posters of the Iranian Revolution]. web.archive.org (in Persian). Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Zarinkalak, Nuruddin (2015). "نیم قرن خاطره سازی برای کودکان ایرانی" [Half of a century of making memories for Iranian children]. web.archive.org (in Persian).
- ^ Center for intellectual development of children and teenagers. "Canon products; Arabik Baghdasarian" . The site of the intellectual development center for children and teenagers . Received inNovember 7, 1971.