Simon Hagopian

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Simon Agopian or Simon Hagopian at times Simon Agopyan (Armenian: Սիմոն Հակոբյան; Western Armenian Սիմոն Յակոբեան, 1857 - 16 May 1921) was a prominent Ottoman Armenian landscape and portrait painter. Simon Agopian was born in Samatya, a district in Istanbul in 1857. He completed his early education at the Horenyan School in Narlikapi and the Sahakyan School in Samatya. He took private lessons from the respected Armenian painter Telemak Ekserciyan and entered the Academy of Fine Arts in 1884, graduating in 1888. While studying at the Academy, Agopian was classmates with Armenian painter Arshak Fetvadjian. Upon graduation, Agopian was awarded first place for a large painting entitled The Imperial Gallery at Eminonu which he executed for his finals. This painting was later purchased by Alexander Vallaury, an architect of the late Ottoman period. He continued his work in his studio in Samatya until 1895, and from then on worked in Beyoğlu. His address was 48 Rue Kechich, Feriköy. From 1883 onward, Agopian taught art at the Berberyan and Mezburyan schools in Üsküdar, and at the Esayan School near Taksim Square.