He returned to the Ottoman Empire in 1908 and settled in his hometown of Trabzon . He continued to paint there , but with the start of World War I and the Armenian Genocide , Makhokhian moved to Nice , France in 1914 , where he remained the rest of his life . He received French citizenship in 1927 , two years after being awarded the Legion of Honor . He participated in the Paris Salon in 1921 , 1922 , and 1927 . In 1931 a personal exhibition was held at the Palais de la Méditerranée in Nice which included 65 of his works . He also exhibited his works in Monte Carlo in 1932
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Vartan Makhokhian