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Architect
Elina Amann, last edited on 30.05.2022
Name:
Tamar Tumanyan / Ar: ԹԱՄԱՐ ԹՈՒՄԱՆՅԱՆ / Rus: Тамар Туманян
Life Dates:
1907 – 1989
Country:
Employers:
Architecture office of Alexander Tamanyan (1933)
Head of Tumanyan House Museum (1966)
Field of expertise:
Architectural design
Education:
Polytechnic Institute of Yerevan
Tumanyan was born on 10 May 1907 in Tbilisi, Armenia, and graduated from the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute. After graduating, she worked as an architect in the architectural office of Alexander Tamanyan.
Her main works, apart from residential buildings, include hotel buildings. She also participated in the development of larger buildings in Yerevan. These include the Spendaryan Theatre of Opera and Ballet (1933) and the Government House of Yerevan.
In 1966, Tumanyan took over the management of the Tumanyan Museum (Дом-музей Ованеса Туманяна) from her sister. The museum opened in 1953 documenting the life of her father Hovhannes Tumanyan, whom has been poet. Until 1986, Tumanyan, was both the director of the museum and involved in the construction of the museum’s new building.
For her work, Tumanyan was titled “Honorary Worker of the Culture of Armenia”.
Fig. 1: Spendaryan Theatre of Opera and Ballet (1933)
Fig. 2: Government House, Yerevan
Fig. 3: Tumanyan House Museum (1953)
Main image: Image in public domain. Image source: http://ru.hayazg.info/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%9E%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0 (last accessed on 30.05.2022)
Fig. 1: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opern-_und_Ballett-Theater_Jerewan (last accessed on 30.05.2022)
Fig. 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_House,_Yerevan (last accessed on 30.05.2022)
Fig. 3: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Տուն-թանգարանի_շենք._Հովհաննես_Թումանյանի_տուն-թանգարանը.JPG (last accessed on 30.05.2022)
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