Martiros Saryan, Hakob Kojoyan, Mikael Arutchyan, Tachat Khachvankyan... On the initiative of Yeghishe Charents, head of the art department of the Haypethrat Publishing House, a whole constellation of artists was involved in the book industry. 

Readers, guests, and visitors of the National Library of Armenia had a unique opportunity to join the literary and publishing spirit of the 1930s, to get acquainted with the first editions of many books published under the editorship of great Yeghishe Charents and illustrated by different famous Armenian artists. 

The exhibition of illustrated editions at the Tamanyan Small Exhibition Hall was organized for a public lecture “Fairy Tales in the Art of Martiros Saryan and his illustrations for Armenian fairy tales”. 

Art curators from the National Gallery of Armenia Haykui Sahakyan and Seda Khanjyan pointed out the exceptional value of the exhibition at the National Library of Armenia. Seda Khanjyan, the daughter of a great artist Grigor Khanjyan, specialist on book art and design, noted that for the first time, she discovered many examples of book design, in particular, “Rain” by Axel Bakuts and Hakob Kojoyan, “Midday” by Gegham Saryan and Hovhannes Shavarsh. The exhibition worked at the library for more than a month. During this time, hundreds of visitors became familiar with the best examples of Armenian publishing art of the XX century.