Georgian painters Georgian painters Elene Akhvlediani ( 1901- 1975) ( Georgian: ელენე ახვლედიანი) was a 20th century Georgian painter, graphic artist, and theater decorator. Akhvlediani is famous for her depictions of Georgian towns, for her illustrations for the works of Ilia Chavchavadze and Vazha-Pshavela, and for designing plays in the Marjanishvili Theater in Tbilisi, Georgia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elene Akhvlediani"
Lado Gudiashvili ( 1896– 1980) was a 20th century Georgian painter. Gudiashvili was born in Tiflis on March 18 (30), 1896 into a family of a railroad employee. He studied in the Tiflis school of sculpture and fine art (1910-1914), and later in Ronson's private academy in Paris (1919-1926). For a while, Gudiashvili belonged to a group of Georgian poets called "The Blue Horns" (1914-1918), who were trying to connect organically the Georgian national flavor with the creative structure of French symbolism. In Paris, he was a constant customer of the famous "La Ruche," a colony of painters where he met I. Zuloaga, Amedeo Modigliani, Natalia Goncharova, and Mikhail Larionov. Gudiashvili's work was greatly influenced by Niko Pirosmanashvili. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lado Gudiashvili"
Niko Pirosmanashvili also known as Niko Pirosmani ( May 5? 1862-1918) is a late 19th-early 20th century Georgian painter. His paintings are often of animals, people dining, and people serving food. His artwork is not very well known outside Russia or Georgia. Pirosmanashvili is also known in Russia for a romantic encounter with a French actress who visited his town; Pirosmanashvili was deeply in love with her, and to demonstrate it, bought her enough flowers to fill the square in front of her hotel window (allegedly driving himself bankrupt). The story became famous when it was recounted in a poem by Andrei Voznesensky, and later into a hit song by Alla Pugacheva. ...more on Wikipedia about "Niko Pirosmanashvili"
Omar Chkhaidze (born 16 April 1944) is a Georgian, Russian painter and artist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Omar Chkhaidze"
Shalva Kikodze ( Georgian: შალვა ქიქოძე) ( 1894 – 1921) was a Georgian expressionist painter, graphic artist and theatre decorator. Together with Lado Gudiashvili and Davit Kakabadze, he is considered a key figure in Georgian art of the early 20th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shalva Kikodze"
Zurab Tsereteli ( Georgian: ზურაბ წერეთელი; Russian: Зураб Константинович Церетели; born January 4, 1934 in Georgia) is a Georgian and Russian painter, sculptor and architect who graduated from the Academy of Arts in Tbilisi. He is best known for the statues of Christopher Columbus in Puerto Rico and Peter the Great in downtown Moscow which, at 100 and 96 meters respectively, are the second and third tallest statues in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Zurab Tsereteli"
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