Constantin Alajalov

Constantin Alajálov (born Konstandin Alaǰalyan, Armenian: Կոնստանդին Ալաջալյան; 18 November 1900 — 23 October 1987) was an Armenian-American painter and illustrator.

After his stay in Persia, Alajálov headed to Constantinople, his last stop before he emigrated to America at age 23.

Getting a job was hard, but he finally landed one, painting wall murals at a restaurant about to be opened by Russian Countess Anna Zarnekau.

[4] Many of his Saturday Evening Post cover paintings can be viewed at the American Illustrators Hall of Fame in Indianapolis.

[6] He bequeathed funding for a scholarship in his name to Boston University, which also maintains a collection of his photographs and scrapbooks.