Lev Bayakhchev Exhibition . Georgian National Gallery

The exhibition features portraits, still lifes, and landscapes from different stages of Lev Bayakhchev career. His landscapes seem to hold their breath, his portraits radiate calm, and his still lifes reveal the emotions hidden in everyday objects.

Lev Bayakhchev born in Tbilisi in 1930, Bayakhchev studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts under renowned artists Sergo Kobuladze, Vasili Shukhaev, Apollon Kutateladze, and Korneli Sanadze. Despite the constraints of socialist realism, he developed a unique style with echoes of European art. Lev Bayakhchev passed away in 1992

His works are held in the collections of the Georgian National Museum, the Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, as well as the museums of Telavi, Sighnaghi, and Batumi. Abroad, his works are represented in the Museum of Modern Art/Zimmerli Art Museum (USA). His paintings are part of private collections in France, Italy, Greece, Ukraine, Argentina, the United States, Israel, Germany, Switzerland, Armenia, and Russia.