Ara Sargsyan ( hy, Արա Միհրանի Սարգսյան; 1902 - 1969) was an

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

sculptor,

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

(1963), academic of the

Russian Academy of Arts Russian Academy of Arts (RAKh / rus. РАХ, Росси́йская акаде́мия худо́жеств) is the State scientific Institution of Russian Federation, eligible heir to the USSR Academy of Arts. RAKh is the public cultural Insti ...

Biography

Sargsyan was born in the Armenian village of Makri, near

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

. He finished the local Armenian school, then Constantinople Art School and studied under the famed Ottoman Armenian sculptor

Yervant Voskan Yervant Voskan (1855, Istanbul – Istanbul 1914) was an Armenian painter, sculptor, instructor, and administrator. He is the first known sculptor in modern Turkish sculpture history and as the first sculpture teacher at the Sanay-i Nefise he ...

. He moved to

Athens, Greece Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

in 1920 and further to

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and

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where he studied sculpture till 1925. Sargsyan excelled at Vienna School of Masters. In 1925 Ara Sargsyan moved to

Soviet Armenia The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet A ...

Legacy

Most recognizable works of Ara Sargsyan are the monuments of Mother Armenia in

Gyumri Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city w ...

Hovhannes Tumanyan Hovhannes Tumanyan ( hy, Հովհաննես Թումանյան, classical spelling: Յովհաննէս Թումանեան, – March 23, 1923) was an Armenian poet, writer, translator, and literary and public activist. He is the nationa ...

and

Alexander Spendiarian Alexander Afanasyevich Spendiarov (Spendiaryan) (russian: Александр Афанасьевич Спендиаров, hy, Ալեքսանդր Ստեփանոսի Սպենդիարյան, November 1, 1871, Kakhovka, Russian Empire – May 7 ...

statues in front of Yerevan Opera house, and the statues of Mesrop Mashtots and Sahak Partev in front of

Yerevan State University Yerevan State University (YSU; hy, Երևանի Պետական Համալսարան, ԵՊՀ, ''Yerevani Petakan Hamalsaran''), also simply University of Yerevan, is the oldest continuously operating public university in Armenia. Founded in 1919 ...

. Ara Sargsyan was a prolific teacher and influenced numerous artists, e.g.

Rafik Khachatryan Rafik Khachatryan ( hy, Ռաֆիկ Գարեգինի Խաչատրյան; October 7, 1937 – January 16, 1993) was an Armenian sculptor. He was the father of Garegin Khachatryan (1975–1995). Biography Khachatryan was a direct descendant of the ...

(1937-1993). Sargsyan's house in Yerevan has been converted into a Museum where most of his works are presented.

Exhibitions

* City Art Exhibition of the House of Armenian Culture, Constantinople, 1921 * Participated in the exhibition of Viennese artists for the first time with portraits of musicologist R. Robert and pianist V. Simonovic, and was highly praised by the press, 1922 * Spring Exhibition of the Society of Artists in Vienna, 1923 * For the first time participated in the exhibition of Armenian artists in Armenia, 1926 * The USSR People's Art Jubilee Exhibition in Moscow, 1927 * The exhibition of engravings and drawings of ARSU (Association of Revolutionary Art of Ukraine). Kiev, 1928 * Participated in "10 Years" Fine Arts Exhibition in Yerevan, 1930 * 11th Anniversary of Armenia's Fine Arts Exhibition in Yerevan, 1931 * Exhibition "15 Years of the Red Army". Yerevan, 1933 * Exhibition "Activities of Artists and Сculptors of Armenia for 13 Years" Yerevan, 1933 * Exhibition "Fine Arts of Transcaucasia". 1st Transcaucasian Olympiad of Art. Tbilisi, 1934 * Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Arm SSR awarded him the title of "Honored Artist" for his services in the field of fine arts, 1935 * He is elected a member of the Transcaucasian Central Executive Committee, 1935 * Exhibition "15 Years of Fine Art". Yerevan, 1935 * Exhibition "The Soviet Constitution." Yerevan, 1937 * World Exhibition. New York, 1938 * The Supreme Soviet of the USSR awarded him the medal "Order of Honor" for outstanding achievements in the field of fine arts, 1939 * Exhibition of Fine Arts of the Armenian SSR. Moscow-Leningrad, 1939 * Mobile exhibition of works of artists and sculptors of the Armenian SSR. Armenia, 1939 * Anniversary exhibition of fine arts of Armenia for 20 years. Yerevan, 1940 * Exhibition of Fine Arts of Armenia for 20 years. Tbilisi, 1941 * Exhibition "Artists of Armenia in the Great Patriotic War". Yerevan, 1942 * "Hero of the Red Army" exhibition. Yerevan, 1942 * Jubilee exhibition "The Great Patriotic War", dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Soviet power in Armenia, 1942 * Exhibition "For the Motherland". Yerevan, 1943 * Exhibition of works of artists of Armenia. Moscow, 1944 * Awarded the Order of Honor of the second degree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, 1945 * Exhibition of Fine Arts of Armenia. Yerevan, 1945 * Anniversary exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Soviet power in Armenia. Yerevan, 1945 * Exhibition of Fine Arts of the Armenian SSR, Moscow, 1946 * Receives the title of Professor of Sculpture, 1947 * Elected deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, 1947 * All-Union Art Exhibition. Moscow, 1947 * The jubilee exhibition of works of artists of Armenia, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Yerevan, 1947 * Exhibition of works of artists of Armenia, dedicated to the 14th Congress of the Communist Party of Armenia. Yerevan, 1948 * Exhibition of Soviet art in Armenia, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Soviet Army. Yerevan, 1948 * Elected Corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, 1949 * Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Armenian SSR assigns him the title of People's Artist of Armenia, 1950 * The exhibition of fine arts of Armenia, dedicated to the XXX anniversary of the establishment of Soviet power in Armenia. Yerevan All-Union Art Exhibition. Moscow, 1950 * Elected to the Presidium of the Supreme Council of Armenia. SSR, 1951 * Art exhibition. Yerevan, 1952 * Exhibition of works of members of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. Moscow, 1952 * The third exhibition of works of full members and corresponding members of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. Moscow, 1954 * Exhibition of Fine Arts of the Armenian SSR. Moscow, 1956 * Exhibition of paintings and graphics of the First All-Union Congress of Soviet Artists. Moscow, 1957 * All-Union Art Exhibition dedicated to the Great October Socialist Revolution. (1917-1957). Moscow, 1957 * Exhibition of Fine Arts of the Armenian SSR, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. Yerevan, 1957 * Exhibition of works of full members and corresponding members of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. Moscow, 1957 * Selected as a full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, 1958 * Exhibition of works of fine art of the socialist countries. Moscow-Leningrad, 1958 * "Our contemporary". Exhibition of works of full members, honorary members անդ corresponding members of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, Moscow, 1959 * Republican art exhibition dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the establishment of Soviet power in Armenia. Yerevan, 1960 * All-Union Art Exhibition. Moscow, 1961 * For the first time in Yerevan and Moscow exhibition of 40 years of creative activity with demonstration of about 400 works is organized, 1962 * Аwarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR by the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 12, 1963 * On April 16, a solo exhibition of his work in the halls of the USSR Academy of Arts was held in Moscow, 1963 * Participates in the exhibition of Painters' Union in Yerevan with his monumental memorial "Mother Armenia", 1968 * Posthumously awarded the title of laureate of the USSR State Prize, 1971 * Monumental memorial "Mother Armenia" is exhibited in the "Soviet Pavilion" of the international exhibition "Expo 74" in Spokane, USA, 1974 * The monumental memorial "Mother Armenia" is exhibited in the "Pavilion of Armenia" at the international exhibition in Buenos Aires, 1976 *

References

External links

Biography * http://slovari.yandex.ru/%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%20%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD/%D0%91%D0%A1%D0%AD/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%8F%D0%BD%20%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%20%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Sargsian, Ara 1902 births 1969 deaths Armenian sculptors Armenians from the Ottoman Empire 20th-century sculptors