A. Ara Danikian was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He majored in Art and Literature at the Getronagan Armenian Lyceum and Istanbul University.

Danikian started drawing at an early age under his art teacher Armen Keshishian. He arrived in the United States in the 50's and continued his higher education at the New York Institute of Finance. After serving as a 1st Lieutenant in the Turkish Army during the Korean War, he was sent to the U.S. by Hilton Hotels International as an executive trainee. He worked for Hilton in various executive positions for two decades and continued to paint landscapes, seascapes, still life’s and cityscapes as time permitted. In 1973 he left Hilton and opened his own gallery, the famed Arvest Galleries, Inc. on Boston's Newbury Street. He dealt mainly in 19th and 20th century American and European art. Despite his busy life-style he continued to paint, exhibiting in the Castano Galleries and, later, his own Arvest Galleries, Inc.

He has traveled and sketched in many countries, including: Greece, Syria, Lebanon, Italy, France, England, Germany, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Canada., Mexico, many Caribbean islands and lately Austria and the Czech Republic. After he retired from his gallery business in 1994, he moved to the North Shore and now resides in Beverly Farms, MA as a full-time painter.

His Works have been shown in:

	Africa Gallery, Boston, MA		Art Research Gallery, Hamilton, MA
	Arvest Galleries, Boston, MA		Beverly Farms Library, Beverly Farms, MA
	Castano Galleries, Boston, MA		Crane Collection, Boston, MA
	Crane Collection, Manchester, MA		Guido Gallery, Boston, MA
	Guild of Beverly Artists, Beverly, MA		Magnolia Library, Magnolia, MA
	Manchester Cultural Council, Manchester, MA		Manchester Historical Society, Manchester, MA
	Manchester Town Hall, Manchester, MA		Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA
	Northshore Art Association, Gloucester, MA		Peter Smith Publisher, Inc. Magnolia, MA
	Rockport Art Association, Rockport, MA		Sovereign Bank, Manchester, MA
	Wild Life Artisans Ass'n., Topsfield, MA		Rockyneck Art Colony-Bryan Gallery Gloucester MA
	Concord Art Association, Concord, MA		Beverly Library, Beverly MA

Membership:

Rockport Art Association –Associate, Rockport, MA

North Shore Art Association -Associate, Gloucester, MA

Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA

Guild of Beverly Artists, Beverly, MA

Provincetown Art association and Museum, Provincetown, MA

Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester, MA

Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

Portsmouth Arts Guild - Portsmouth, RI

Collections: Danikian's works are in many private and corporate art collections, in USA, Europe and Japan. His works are also in the collections at the Manchester Historical Society, Manchester-by the Sea, MA; Beverly Historical Society and Museum, Beverly, MA; City Hall, Beverly, MA

Awards:

Publications:

Philip Little (1857 – 1942) Catalogue 20 pg. Dec 1976

Morris Hall Pancoast (1877-1963) Catalogue 20 pg. Oct 1983

John Whorf N.A. (1903-1959) Catalogue 20 pg. Oct 1984

Ivan G. Olinsky N.A. (1878-1962) Catalogue 32 pg. Oct 1985

He has also written & published numerous articles on famed 19^th & 20^th century artists in his Arvest Galleries catalogues, being among these: Winslow Homer; Geo. Inness; A.T. Bricher;      E.E. Simmons; John Sloan; John Henry Twachtman; to name a few.

His Favored Artists: Benjamin West; Thomas Eakins; Winslow Homer; Frank Benson & Giovanni Canaletto.

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