After Fetvadjian completed his studies in Europe , he traveled to Russian Armenia . He organized several art exhibitions displaying his own works in such major Transcaucasian cities as Batum , Tiflis and Baku . In the early 1900s , Fetvadjian had the opportunity to participate in the excavations led by Russian archaeologist Nicholas Marr of the medieval Armenian capital of Ani , a city which boasted several of the most outstanding examples of Armenian architecture of the High Middle Ages . Some of his most memorable works come from the watercolor paintings of the chapels , palaces , churches and monasteries at Ani which are " factual and literal depictions of the buildings . " In addition to the historical monuments of Ani , Fetvadjian 's paintings also documented other Armenian cultural monuments of the Caucasus ( e.g. , " Tekor basilica " in Kars ) , the life and the natural landscape of Armenia ( e.g. , " Oriental Mail " , " Mount Aragats , " " Lake Sevan " ) , and portraits of Armenians and other ethnic peoples . As one of the first artists to depict the Armenian Genocide in art , one of Fetvajian 's most famous paintings is the " Sasuntsi Kin " ( " The Woman of Sasun " ) . The painting shows a woman breastfeeding her child , a rifle in hand , with the child in the painting representing Armenia
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Arshak Fetvadjian