What is Arto Tchakmaktchian?
[[File:Arto Chakmakchyan.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Arto Tchaktchian in 2014]] '''Arto Tchakmakchian''' ({{lang-hy|Արտո Չաքմաքչյան}}, 26 June 1933 – 1 October 2019) was an Egyptian-born Canadian-Armenian [[sculptor]] and [[Painting|painter]]. He was a member of the [[Royal Canadian Academy of Arts]]. He was awarded by the Armenian [[Awards and decorations of Armenia#Civil orders of the Republic of Armenia|Order of Honor]] in 2015. He was born in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] and raised in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]]. His career was based in [[Montreal]], [[Canada]]. In 1984 Tchakmaktchian won First Prize in the Wilfrid Pelletier Competition in [[Montreal]] for his bust of the [[Wilfrid Pelletier|competition's namesake]]. The work is on permanent display in the entrance hall of [[Place des Arts]] in Montreal. His works have also been exhibited at known museums internationally, notably in the [[Louvre]].<ref>[http://www.naregatsi.org/arto/bio/bio.html Biography of Arto Tchakmaktchian at www.naregatsi.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722204528/http://www.naregatsi.org/arto/bio/bio.html |date=July 22, 2011 }}</ref> A notable exhibition was held at [[UNESCO]] Headquarters in [[Paris]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web | title= Exhibition at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris | date= January 28, 2010 | url=http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/programme-meetings/?tx_browser_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=916&cHash=8d5676faca }}</ref> Tchakmakchian died on 1 October 2019 in Montreal at the age of 86.<ref>[https://azat.tv/mahacel-e-anvani-qandakagorts-arto-chaqmaqchyany/ Մահացել է անվանի քանդակագործ Արտո Չաքմաքչյանը] {{in lang|ar}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat}} * [http://tchakmakchian.com/ Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123085814/http://tchakmakchian.com/ |date=2019-11-23 }} * [http://www.parajanov.com/tchakmakchian Parajanov-Vartanov Institute]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tchakmakchian, A