Ghukas Chubaryan
Ghukas Chubaryan (1923 – March 23, 2009) was a prominent Armenian sculptor, People's Artist of Armenia. He authored numerous works that later became symbols of the Armenian capital. Chubaryan became famous in 1968, after his basalt statue of Mesrop Mashtots was located in front of the Matenadaran.
Ghukas Chubaryan

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- Name
- Ghukas Chubaryan
- Born
- 1923
- Birthplace
- Yerevan, Armenia
- Died
- March 23, 2009
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- National Polytechnic University of Armenia
- Nationality
- Armenia · Soviet Union
- Fields
- art of
- Known for
- Yeghishe Charents bust · Mesrop Mashtots statue · Hovhannes Tumanyan's monument · Yerevan Opera Theater
- Honours
- People's Artist of the Armenian SSR · Khorenatsi medal · Order of the Badge of Honour · Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Languages
- Armenian
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Ghukas Chubaryan (1923 – March 23, 2009) was a prominent Armenian sculptor, People's Artist of Armenia. He authored numerous works that later became symbols of the Armenian capital. Chubaryan became famous in 1968, after his basalt statue of Mesrop Mashtots was located in front of the Matenadaran.
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Ghukas Chubaryan (1923–2009) was a jurist, public figure and sculptor, among other activities and a national of Armenia and the Soviet Union. The jurist was born and died in Yerevan.
Ghukas Chubaryan studied at National Polytechnic University of Armenia, Panos Terlemezyan State College of Fine Arts and Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts and Theater. The jurist worked for Armenian State Pedagogical University and Panos Terlemezyan State College of Fine Arts and was a member of USSR Academy of Arts.
Works include Hovhannes Tumanyan's monument, Mesrop Mashtots statue, Yeghishe Charents bust and Yerevan Opera Theater. Genres include art of. Languages used include Armenian. Ghukas Chubaryan received Khorenatsi medal, Order of the Badge of Honour and Order of the Red Banner of Labour, among others.
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One of the most important Armenian artists in the post-Stalin Soviet period, Chubaryan also made the prominent decorative ornaments on the government building in the 1950s and the facade of Yerevan Opera House in 1980s. He is also known as the sculptor of Hovhannes Tumanyan (monuments in Tumanyan's birthplace Dsegh, Armenia and in the front of Tumanyan's museum, Yerevan) and Alexander Spendiaryan monuments (Opera House square and in the front of Musical school named after Alexander Spendiaryan, Yerevan).
Ghukas Chubaryan studied at Panos Terlemezyan State College of Fine Arts, National Polytechnic University of Armenia and Yerevan State Institute of Fine Arts and Theater. The recorded working language is Armenian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are art of. Employment is recorded with Panos Terlemezyan State College of Fine Arts and Armenian State Pedagogical University. Works named in the authority record are Yeghishe Charents bust, Mesrop Mashtots statue, Hovhannes Tumanyan's monument and Yerevan Opera Theater. Distinctions recorded are People's Artist of the Armenian SSR, Khorenatsi medal, Order of the Badge of Honour and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

Ghukas Chubaryan working on Mesrop Mashtots statue in Yerevan
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• Name — Ghukas Chubaryan • Born — 1923 • Birthplace — Yerevan, Armenia • Died — March 23, 2009 • Place of death — Yerevan, Armenia • Occupation — sculptor • Education — National Polytechnic University of Armenia
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1923
Ghukas Chubaryan was born in 1923 at Yerevan.
2009
Ghukas Chubaryan died in 2009 at Yerevan.
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Ghukas Chubaryan is recorded as sculptor, jurist, public figure and teacher. Works and catalogued output.
Mesrop Mashtots statue
1962
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