Sargis Baghdasaryan

Sargis Baghdasaryan
Sargis Baghdasaryan
Born	September 5, 1923
Died	June 19, 2001 (aged 77)
Nationality	Armenian
Known for	sculpture

Sarghis Baghdasaryan, also Baghdasarian (Armenian: Սարգիս Իվանի Բաղդասարյան; September 5, 1923 in Banadzor - June 19, 2001 in Yerevan), was a Soviet Armenian sculptor.[1][2] He is best known for his 1967 work We Are Our Mountains, a monument carved into the tuff outside Stepanakert. Locally, it is known as Mamik yev Babik (or "Granny and Grandpa")[3]

Sargis Baghdasaryan's plaque on Kievyan's street, Yerevan

References

Mutafyan, Levon (June 28, 2011). "The voices of my world are within the sculptures (Interview with Tariel Hakobyan)". Armenians Today. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
Hall, G.K. (1987). Bibliographic guide to art and architecture, Volume 1. New York Public Library. Research Libraries. p. 175.
Holding, Nicholas (July 19, 2011). Armenia, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide. p. 276.

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[1] Mutafyan, Levon (June 28, 2011). "The voices of my world are within the sculptures (Interview with Tariel Hakobyan)". Armenians Today. Retrieved February 24, 2012.

[2] Hall, G.K. (1987). Bibliographic guide to art and architecture, Volume 1. New York Public Library. Research Libraries. p. 175.

[3] Holding, Nicholas (July 19, 2011). Armenia, 3rd: The Bradt Travel Guide. p. 276.