December 15, 2011 - 12:44 AMT
Armenian artist’s works on display in Florida museum

Forever in a Moment: Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Egypt, is on view from December 17 through April 10, 2012, at the Museum of Fine Art in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.

The exhibition includes the works of artist G. Lekegian, an Armenian active in Egypt between 1860 and 1890. His images of tombs and temples, his landscapes, and his portraits are windows on history and culture, TBNweekly reports.

The Museum of Fine Art has an encyclopedic collection of art from around the globe and across the centuries. On view are striking works by Monet, Gauguin, Renoir, Morisot, Cézanne, Rodin, O’Keeffe, and many others. Also displayed are ancient Greek and Roman, Egyptian, Asian, African, pre-Columbian, and Native American art.