Nerses Ounanian () (1 August 1924 in

Samos Samos (, also ; , ) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese archipelago, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the Mycale Strait. It is also a separate reg ...

– 18 December 1957 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan artist of Armenian descent. The work of Nerses Ounanian (1920-57)
He was a pupil of Antonio Pena and Edmundo Prati. His most representative work is a memorial to the

Armenian Genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenians, Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily t ...

in the Bella Vista neighbourhood of Montevideo, where also a street bears his name.

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Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales National Museum of Visual Arts (Uruguay) () a museum in Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay. It was inaugurated on December 10, 1911. This museum has the largest collection of Uruguayan artworks. Among them are works by Olga Piria, Rafael Barradas ...

Nerses Ounanian on stamps
1924 births 1957 deaths People from Samos Greek people of Armenian descent Uruguayan people of Armenian descent Uruguayan sculptors Uruguayan male sculptors 20th-century sculptors {{Uruguay-sculptor-stub