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Nerses Ounanian

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Memorial to the Armenian Genocide, Montevideo, with sculpture by Nerses Ounanian.

Nerses Ounanian (Armenian: Ներսես Ունանյան) (1 August 1924 in Samos – 18 December 1957 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan artist of Armenian descent.[1]

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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