| Personal data | |
|---|---|
| Surname | Girnun |
| Name | Ariy |
| Birth year | 1896 |
| Birth month | 1 |
| Birth day | 16 |
| Birth place | Kupishki |
| Death year | 1941 |
| Death place | Riga |
| Sex | M |
Girnun Ariy (b. 16 January 1896, Kupishki, Kovno Governorate – d. 1941, Riga) – artist.
Ariy Girnun completed six years of gymnasium and went on to study at the Blum School of Art. From 1921 to 1930, he studied at the Latvian Academy of Arts, where he worked in the figurative studio of Professor J.R. Tilbergs.
Girnun painted a portrait of the prominent Daugavpils rabbi I. Rozin (the Rogachover Gaon) and Rabbi Chaim Brisker. His work also included scenes from everyday Jewish life as well as landscapes of Jūrmala and Baldone.
About: Ausstellung juedischer Kunstler in Riga Rigaer Judische Rundschau. 1930. № 5. Apr. S. 3. А. Фейгманис