In the multi-genre art of the famous painter of the late 19th and the first quarter of the 20th century, Hmayak Hakobyan (1871–1939), who made an invaluable contribution to the development of the Armenian realistic portrait genre, male portraits (painting and graphics) occupy a special place. His portraits reflect both human types and the era in which he lived and created his canvases. The characters of the portraits are people of different nationalities and cultures. These psychological portraits reveal the layers of the human soul.

Keywords Hmayak Hakobyan portrait genre graphic and picturesque portraits realistic approaches male image psychological portrait.

Tatev monastery is one of the famous spiritual-cultural centers of medieval Armenia, the main St. Paul-Peter (895–906) temple of which was built on the site of an early medieval dilapidated church. The cornices of the eastern twin niches of the temple, as well as one for each of the northern and southern windows of St. Paul-Peter temple of Tatev monastery, are decorated with ktitor sculptural portraits and with the reliefs of dragon-snakes (except for the southern cornice) symbolizing their protection.

KeywordsTatev monastery St. Paul-Peter temple reliefs St. Orbelyan St. Mnatsakanyan sculptural portrait dragon-snake niche cornice prince vardpet (stonemason) Yeghia.

Panos Terlemezyan (1865−1941) is one of the most prominent representatives of the realistic direction in Armenian art of the XIX−XX centuries. The artist’s creative legacy includes landscapes, portraits, thematic works and still lifes, but landscape genre remains dominant in his oeuvre. He has a unique contribution in the development of Armenian realistic landscape painting. The artist’s difficult and challenging life was spent abroad and only in 1928, he returned to Armenia.

KeywordsPanos Terlemezyan realism painting academism impressionism industrial landscape portrait still life exhibition social activity.