Edmund Yaghjian (1903 to 1999)
Edmund Yaghjian, born in 1903 in Armenia, was head of the art department of the University of South Carolina and was then Artist in Residence there. He died in Columbia, South Carolina in 1999. He was a student of John Sloan and Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York, and his work has the same spirit as the Ashcan School of painters. The colors orange and turquoise are often included in his works. His work is in public buildings and private collections in Columbia. His wife, Candy Yaghjian, was a watercolor artist and one son is an artist. Among his students are Jasper Johns and the well-known mural artist, Blue Sky, as well as Bill Poulos of Rice University.
Information courtesy of Charlton Galleries Inc.-2005