About Nerses Ounanian
Lived 1924 – 1957 (aged 33). Nerses Ounanian was a sculptor, painter, draftsperson and printmaker.
Memorial to the Armenian Genocide, Montevideo, with sculpture by Nerses Ounanian.
Nerses Ounanian (1 August 1924 in Samos – 18 December 1957 in Montevideo) was an Uruguayan artist of Armenian descent.
He was a pupil of Antonio Pena and Edmundo Prati. His most representative work is a memorial to the Armenian Genocide in the Bella Vista neighbourhood of Montevideo, where also a street bears his name.
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Who was Nerses Ounanian?
Uruguayan painter and sculptor (1924-1957)
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Nerses Ounanian was born on 1 August 1924 in Samos, Greece.
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Nerses Ounanian died on 18 December 1957 in Montevideo.
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Nerses Ounanian was a sculptor, painter, draftsperson and printmaker.
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