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Arielu, 2002 In today’s Estonia, is it possible for an artist to live and work without support from the government, foundations or sponsors? And without selling his works? It seems, yes. An example is an Estonian artist, Rafael Arutjunjan,...

“MOLODEZH ESTONII – TV PARK” (TV guide newspaper supplement), August 18th, 2002 Works of the artist reproduced in this article in order of appearance: The fallen angel. Majestic and incomprehensible. Two mirrors. Granddaughter Diana. “He who ceases searching, will...

  Eesti Päevaleht 13.aug 2002 MISSION – Sculptures took away his right hand and brought him to painting Maria Ulfsak A big, impressive and colourful exhibition of the paintings and drawings of the artist of Armenian origin, Rafael Arutyunyan,...

“SEM/7” (TV guide), for August 12th – 18th, 2002 Sculptor Rafael Arutyunyan demonstrates a new side of his talent – painting and drawing. He had dedicated more than thirty years to cutting off everything redundant from slabs of marble,...

Õhtuleht 10.aug 2002  Last Saturday, on August 3 at 4 p.m. when hundreds of people had gathered to the Old Town Theatre House, including diplomats of foreign embassies residing in Estonia, a bomb exploded. The energy that was thrown...

Linnaleht 09.08.02 Rafael Arutyunyan, who has for 33 years made mainly dramatic sculpture, opened his exhibition of paintings and drawings on the first floor of the Old Town Theatre House. 230 of his works of last years have been...

“DELOVAYA ESTONIA,” (newspaper supplement), August 5th, 2002 Written by Elena Kostina The photo: Rafael Arutyunyan, his granddaughter and son/producer Areg Arutyunyan. In Tallinn’s “Old Town Studio” theatre at Sakala Street 3, an exhibition of drawings and paintings of the...

“MOLODEZH ESTONII” (newspaper), August 3rd, 2002 Works of the artist reproduced in this article in order of appearance: Abraham’s sacrifice. Dedication. The wheel of life. Adam and Eve. God’s candle. This exhibition will be open for the general public...

“VESTI – NEDELJA PLUS” (newspaper supplement), July 25th, 1997 So believes sculptor Rafael Arutyunyan, who celebrated his 60th birthday yesterday. Rafael Arutyunyan’s jubilee exhibition takes place in the old wing of the Sakala Centre. His works of the last...

“ESTONIA” (newspaper), July 24th, 1997 Today, Rafael Arutyunyan turns 60. A painter and a sculptor whose works were recently exhibited at the Sakala Centre in Tallinn (of which “Estonia” informed its readers). On R. Arutyunyan’s birthday, we offer you...

1997Õhtuleht 11.juuli 1997 Rafael Arutyunyan is an Estonian artist of Armenian origin. He came to Estonia in 1958, graduated from the Estonian Art Institute after six years and has created a lot of sculptures since then. Over a hundred...

“DEN ZA DNEM” (newspaper) , July 11th, 1997 An exhibition of the famous Estonian sculptor Rafael Arutyunyan was opened in the Sakala Centre, dedicated to the master’s jubilee. Rafael Arutyunyan was born in Baku. From 1958 to 1964, he...

ESTONIA” (newspaper), July 8th, 1997 Yesterday, an exhibition of Rafael Arutyunyan’s sculptures was opened in the Sakala Centre, dedicated to the approaching 60th jubilee of the sculptor. Born in Baku, Rafael Arutyunyan has been living in Estonia since 1958....

Postimees 8.juuli 1997 The exhibition of sculptures of the Armenian artist of Estonian origin, Rafael Arutyunyan, was opened in the Sakala Centre dedicated to the 60th birthday of the artist. At the exhibition, 111 works of the artist of...