In 1964, with the arrival of the peerless Marie Balian, a classically trained artist, her family having escaped the Armenian Genocide in 1915, the Balian's revolutionised the art-form, imbuing their motifs with vivid, life-like patterns, with notable recognition from the Smithsonian in Washington D.C as well as the Victoria and Albert Museum, subsequently stamping their cultural impact on the artistic history of Jerusalem.