Ruben Zakharian Was born on July 14, 1901 in Tbilisi. In 1927 he graduated from the Leningrad VHUTEIN (The Leningrad Higher Institute of Industrial Art, formerly known as the High Art School under Imperial Academy of Arts; since 1944 known as the Repin Institute of Arts). He studied with Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Alexander Karev. Participated in exhibitions since 1926. Member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1951. He painted portraits, landscapes, still-lifes, genre and historical compositions. Personal exhibitions in Leningrad (1974, 1983). Works of Ruben Zakharyan are in museums and private collections in Russia, Japan, France, the USA and other countries.
