Ara Sargsian

Ara Sargsian (1902 - 1969) was an Armenian sculptor, People's Artist of the USSR (1963), academic of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Biography

Sargsian was born in the Armenian village of Makri, near Constantinople. He finished the local Armenian school, then Constantinople Art School and studied under the famed Ottoman Armenian sculptor Yervant Voskan.^[1] He then moved to Athens, Greece in 1920. He studied sculpture in Rome and Vienna till 1925. Sargsian excelled at Vienna School of Masters. In 1925, Ara Sarksian moved to Soviet Armenia.

Most recognizable works by Ara Sarksian in Yerevan are the monuments of Mother Armenia, Hovhannes Tumanyan and Alexander Spendiarian. One of Ara Sargsyan's famous artist-followers is Rafik Khachatryan (1937-1993).

Sarksian's childhood home in Yerevan has been converted into a Museum.

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