Zareh Mutafian (Armenian: Զարեհ Մութաֆյան; March 15, 1907 – May 11, 1980) was a French-Armenian painter.
He was born in Samsun, on the seaside of Black Sea which was then in the Ottoman Empire.
Influenced by Bonnard, Matisse and postimpressionist painters, he regularly displayed his work in exhibitions worldwide, from the 50s to the year of his death, in France, Beyrouth, United States and former Soviet Union.
His paintings are gathered in private collections as well as in the National Gallery in Erevan.
Besides, he also wrote in armenian several texts and books about the history of painting, esthetics, and issues relative to Armenia (many of which are collected in the french-armenian book Chant d'Arménie, published the year after his death.