Haykakan taraz

the long version

Gourgen Manoukian, born in Yerevan, Armenia, studied at the Moscow Art Institute. He later returned to Armenia and worked in the HAYFILM studios as an art director where he worked on more than thirty films. Exhibiting across the Soviet Union, Manoukian worked in a wide range of artistic expression from graphic design and cinematographic art to miniatures, costume design and his main interest, painting. This volume presents his watercolor paintings of historical and traditional Armenian costumes along with his contemporary designs based on traditional styles.