Gregorio Sciltian

Gregorio Sciltian (Grigor Shildian; Armenian: Գրիգոր Շիլտյան; 20 August 1900 – 1 April 1985) was an Italian-Armenian painter, designer, and medallist.

Sciltian is well known for his portraiture and trompe-l'œil compositions.

[1] He was born into an Armenian family on 20 August 1900 in Nakhichevan-on-Don (now part of Rostov-on-Don, Russia).

After the October Revolution he temporarily settled in Tiflis.

Then he studied at the Academy and the Museum of Fine Arts of Vienna.

Gregorio Sciltian with his wife Elena Boberman in Venice in 1955