Lydia Durnovo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian art historian
Date of Birth: 01-May-1885
Place of Birth: Smolensk, Smolensk Voivodeship, Russia
Date of Death: 07-Jan-1963
Profession: art historian
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Lydia Durnovo
- Lydia Aleksandrovna Durnovo (Russian: ????? ????????????? ???????; 1885 – 1963) was a Soviet Russian art historian and art restorer.
- She specialized in medieval art, especially in early Russian painting and Armenian illuminated manuscripts (miniatures) and frescoes.Born in the Russian city of Smolensk, Durnovo first attended a local gymnasium and a painting school before moving to Saint Petersburg where she attended the School of Technical Drawing of Baron Alexander von Stieglitz beginning in 1903.
- She subsequently completed her postgraduate studies at the State Institute of Art History (??????????????? ???????? ??????? ????????) and the Archaeology Institute (ru) between 1920 and 1923.
- Durnovo worked as a research fellow at the Archaeology Institute, specializing in early Russian art.
- She was also the assistant curator of the Russian Museum.In October 1933 she was arrested for allegedly being an "active member of a counterrevolutionary fascist organization." She was deported to Siberia and eventually freed three years later, in November 1936.
- Durnovo moved to the Armenian capital of Yerevan and became a member of the staff of the National Gallery of Armenia.
- Until 1951 she was devoted to the study of medieval Armenian frescoes and illuminated manuscripts.
- She specialized in medieval Armenian art, and by the mid-1950s Durnovo earned the reputation of an authoritative expert in the field.
- She supervised the restoration of the Etchmiadzin Cathedral's frescoes.
- She was rehabilitated by the Soviet government in 1956.
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