Lusik Aguletsi
Lusik Aguletsi | |
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Լուսիկ Ագուլեցի | |
 Aguletsi in her traditional attire | |
| Born | Lusik Zhorik Harutyunyan May 31, 1946 |
| Died | July 13, 2018 (72 years old) |
| Education | Panos Terlemezyan Art College (1967) |
| Spouse | Yuri Samvelyan |
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Lusik Aguletsi (Armenian: Լուսիկ Ագուլեցի; born Lusik Zhorzhiki Harutyunyan May 31, 1946 - July 13, 2018) was a Nakhichevan-born Armenian painter, ethnographer, and Honored Artist of Armenia.[1] She was a prominent figure who dedicated her life to preserving and promoting Armenian heritage, particularly folk art.
Life and education
Aguletsi was born on May 31, 1946, in the village of Verin Agulis in Nakhichevan, to the Harutyunyan family. They were one of the last Armenians living in Agulis after the 1919 Agulis massacre committed by the Azerbaijanis.[1]
In 1953, Aguletsi's family moved to Yerevan. From 1963 till 1967, she studied at the Panos Terlemezyan Art College and received a special prize from the Avangard newspaper. She became a member of the Artists' Union of Armenia in 1974.[1][2]
Lusik Aguletsi died on July 13, 2018, at the age of 72.[3]
Awards and prizes
Legacy
Aguletsi's house on Muratsan Street was converted into a home muesuem.[4]
Works
- Lusik Aguletsi, Relics of the Past collection, Yerevan, (2010)
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lusik Aguletsi - the true embodiment of Armenian folk art". Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Famous painter and ethnographer Lusik Aguletsi passed away". 14 July 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
- ↑ "Ethnographer Lusik Aguletsi has passed away". armlur.am (in Armenian). July 14, 2018.
- ↑ Gunko, Maria (27 October 2025). "Lusik Aguletsi's Radical Act of Remembering". Retrieved 28 July 2026.