Dictionnaire des artistes de
l’objet d’art au Québec.
(Https://artistesduquebec.ca/)
Tatossian,
Rose
Guides et
dictionnaires
Magazin’art
2009-2010 p. 569
Charles Garo Tatossian
August 16, 1925 - December 22, 2016
Charles Garo Tatossian,
celebrity artist and
long-time pride of the
Armenian community, passed
away peacefully December 22,
2016 at 91-years of age.
He is predeceased by his beloved wife
of 63-yrs, Anahid (Ashodian)
Tatossian, and their son,
world renowned artist, and
member of the Royal Canadian
Academy, Armand Tatossian.
He leaves to mourn his
children Rose, George and
Mary and their children
Anais, Charles, and Jessica
along with many other
friends, relatives as well
as innumerable students and
peers.
Garo, is best known for his
instructional yet
entertaining television show
“Le Plaisir de Peindre”
hosted for a record breaking
16-years (1980-1996).
Garo taught painting to
thousands of art lovers and
amateurs both at McGill and
Concordia University
Continuing Education Centers
as well as numerous
community centres throughout
the Greater Montreal and
Quebec Region. Best known
for his portraits and
commissioned work, Garo’s
Murals and Frescos can be
found in a multitude of
Churches both in Alexandria,
Egypt and in throughout
Quebec. Additionally, Garo
generously donated his
artwork to innumerable
charitable organisations in
order to help those in need.
Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Garo comes
from a long lineage of fine
artists. A prodigy, Garo was
invited to the Palace in
Egypt at the tender age of
ten years old and
commissioned to execute the
portrait of King Farouk who
himself but a child at the
time. His uncle
Yeghiche Tatossian, an
Armenian landscape painter
who traveled to Paris to
study Post-Impressionis,
ultimately returning to
Armenia to bring the style
home. Garo’s father Armand
Tatossian Senior, was
himself an artist and
curator of the Museum of
Alexandria. Two of
Garo’s four children
followed in the family
tradition. His daughter
Rose, a commercial artist,
took over her father’s shop
and gives paintings lessons.
And, of course, Garo’s son,
the late Armand Tatossian,
renowned
artist of Canadian-Armenian
of unparalleled talent and
artistic vision who had the
honor of being the youngest
member ever accepted into
the Royal Canadian Academy
of Arts (R.C.A.) in 1973 who
passed away suddenly in
2012.
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