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Stepan Meliksetovich Aghajanian (Armenian:Ստեփան Մելիքսեթի Աղաջանյան; 16 December 1863 – 13 December 1940) was anArmenian painter; known primarily for portraits and landscapes.
He was born inShusha. His father was a tailor. He began his education at theShusha Diocesan School [hy] (1872–1881), then transferred to the local Russian school (1881–1884). Following that, he moved toBaku then, in 1886, left to study in France.
He initially studied art inMarseille (1886–1890). Later, he went to Paris, where he entered theAcadémie Julian. He was there from 1897 to 1900, studying withJean-Paul Laurens andJean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant.
In 1900, he returned to Shusha, then worked in Baku from 1902 to 1904. Finally, he settled inRostov-on-Don, where he taught painting in the public schools until 1921.
He returned to Armenia in 1921, at the beginning of theRussian Civil War. After 1929, he worked as a teacher at the Art Industrial College (now thePanos Terlemezyan State College of Fine Arts [hy]]). He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Armenian SSR. The following year, he was presented with theOrder of the Red Banner of Labour. He died in 1940 inYerevan.
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