Sumbat Der Kiureghian

Sumbat Der Kiureghian was a 20th-century Iranian–Armenian watercolor artist. Sumbat Der Kiureghian was born on October 19, 1913, in New Julfa (the Iranian city of Isfahan's Armenian quarter), in the family of Hovhannes Der Kiureghian and Tagouhi Haroutunian. Hovhannes was an auctioneer of specialty items and a watch repairman who died in 1915. Sumbat was raised by his mother, Tagouhi. Sumbat's grandfather Kiuregh served as a priest at the Sourb Hovhannes Church in New Julfa. The family took his priesthood name as their last name – Der Kiureghian ("Der" is the honorific title of a priest).