Rafik Khachatryan

Rafik Khachatryan was an Armenian sculptor. He was the father of Garegin Khachatryan.

Biography

Khachatryan was a direct descendant of the house of Daniel-Bek of Sassun and Khachatur-Bek of Mush , and the father of Garegin Khachatryan - one of the young heroes of the National Liberation war.
He graduated from the Phanos Therlemzyan Art college in 1966 and the Yerevan Art-Theatrical Institute in 1971.

Activities

Khachatryan was a participant and an ideologist of the Armenian [national liberation movement] of the 20th century. He provided humanitarian assistance, materials, and other means for the self-defesnse troops and for the people of Nagorny Karabakh. He was a member of the Army of Independence along with Ashot Navasardyan, Andranik Margaryan, Hakobjan Tadevosyan, Movses Gorgisyan and other patriots of Armenia.
Khachatryan was a member of the Art Unions of Armenia and the USSR since 1976. He created sculptures and memorial complexes for the martyred freedom fighters.

Works

Sculptures: "Alexander Spendiaryan", "Spring", "The Soldier of the Victory", "Stepan Shahumyan", "Maxim Gorky and Avetik Isahakyan", "Komitas", "Sarkis Lukashin ", "The Armenian Lady", "Ode of the Peace", "Metalurgist-worker", "The Torch of the Revolution", "Paruyr Sevak", "Hovhannes Shiraz", Hovhannes Hayvazyan ", "Hovsep Shishmanyan " etc. Memorial complexes: "Mother Armenia" - dedicated to the memory of the heroes of the World War II, dedicated to the memory of the heroes of the World War II, "Djangulum" spring-fountain. His works are exhibited in many foreign countries including Portugal, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia, and Germany.