What is R. Toros?
{{Infobox person | name = R. Toros | image = Toros_Rasguélénian.JPG | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Toros Rasguélénian | birth_date = 12 December 1934 | birth_place = [[Aleppo]], [[French Syria]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2020|07|29|1934|12|12}} | death_place = [[Romans-sur-Isère]], [[France]] | nationality = [[French people|French]] | other_names = | occupation = Sculptor | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Toros Rasguélénian''', real name of '''R. Toros''' (12 December 1934 – 29 July 2020) was a French sculptor.<ref>{{cite AV media |people= |date=3 October 2013|title=TOROS SCULPTEUR,FRANCE. Le studio MAN PICTURES|trans-title= |medium=YouTube|language=French|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_nUNC6q-WQ|access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time=33:23|location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= |ref= }}</ref> He settled in [[Valence (city)|Valence]], then in [[Romans-sur-Isère]], both in the [[Drôme]] region. He made a large amount of monuments in memory of the victims of the [[Armenian Genocide]], of which his uncle was a victim. These monuments can be found in Valence, [[Aix-en-Provence]], [[Marseille]], and [[Saint-Étienne]]. He awarded the ''Trophée Toros'' to the best piece of Franco-Armenian literature published each year in Marseille. R. Toros died on 29 July 2020 in Romans-sur-Isère at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://limpartial.fr/le-celebre-sculpteur-toros-est-decede/|title=Le célèbre sculpteur Toros est décédé|date=29 July 2020|work=L'Impartial|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:R Toros}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French sculptors]] {{bio-stub}}