Vartan Mahokian

Vartan Mahokian was born in Trabzon in the Ottoman Empire on 31 May 1869 to Armenian parents. His father, Aristakes Mahokian, was a merchant who demanded that his two daughters and four sons be educated. In 1875, Mahokian began his early education at a local Armenian school where he took an interest in drawing. He later attended the prestigious Sanasarian College in Erzurum, returning to Trabzon a...