Anthimoz Gorgaze, an Honored Artist of Georgia, was a sculptor, metal engraver, and teacher. An alumnus of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, he graduated in 1949 and, starting in 1951, began participating in numerous exhibitions while teaching the art of metal engraving to the students.…
Zelimkhan Gogolashvili was a Georgian painter, graphic artist, and book illustrator. He was a member of the Georgian and USSR Artists’ Unions and held the title of Honored Artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. An alumnus of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts (1941–1947), he…
Zurab Lezhava was an accomplished graphic artist, teacher, and professor who headed the Graphic Design Department at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts. He was an Honored Artist of Georgia and an Honored Citizen of Tbilisi. An alumnus of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, he graduated…
Zaur Golava mastered the art of painting in the studio of Apolon Kutateladze at the Tbilisi Academy of Arts in 1970 and continued his studies in a creative workshop at the USSR’s Academy of Arts under the well-known socialist realist painter Ucha Japaridze. He was…
Koba Guruli was a sculptor and engraver and one of the founders of modern Georgian metal engraving. An Honored Artist of Georgia, he graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Art’s sculpture department in 1956. He is credited with introducing several new artistic and technical methods…
Painter, teacher, and honored artist of Georgia, Nana Meskhidze grew up in an artistic environment. Her father was a musician and choirmaster, and her mother was an actress at the Marjanishvili Theatre in Tbilisi. In 1963, she graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts, where…
Sculptor and teacher, Honored Artist of Georgia, Nelli Aleksidze graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Art’s sculpture department, where she studied under Silovan Kakabadze and Nikoloz Kandelaki. She primarily created small statuary—portrait sculptures and small compositions, with a particular focus on dancing figures. Her first…
Bidzina Avalishvili was a sculptor and an honored artist of Georgia. The painter Ucha Japaridze famously used his face for the image of Besik Gabashvili. He graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts in 1947, studying sculpture under Iakob Nikoladze. Most of his creations are…
Sculptor, Painter, Teacher, and Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi, he earned numerous honors and titles throughout his life. He was the honorary Artist of the Georgian SSR, a Full Member of the Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union, an Academician of the Georgian Academy of…
Konstantine Merabishvili graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1930, where he specialized in sculpture under Iakob Nikoladze. He began his pedagogical career there in 1934. Merabishvili primarily worked in two fields: monumental sculpture and portraiture. In 1937, he received his first monumental…
Grigory Gagarin was a Russian amateur artist, illustrator, art critic, and architect. He served as Oberhofmeister of the Imperial Court and vice president of the Russian Imperial Academy of Arts. Gagarin studied at the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering at the Sorbonne, Paris, while…
Sikharulidze Bathu is a sculptor and teacher. In 1985, he graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, where he studied under Irakli Okropiridze and Gogi Ochiauri. He later worked at the academy in the class of Professor Merab Berdzenishvili. Since 1994, he has been…