20th-century Georgian painter, graphic artist, and theater decorator (1901–1975)
Elene Akhvlediani
Born
(1898-04-05)April 5, 1898[1]
Telavi, Russian Empire
Died
December 30, 1975(1975-12-30) (aged 77)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Resting place
Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi
Nationality
Georgian
Known for
Painting
Catalog of Elene Akhvledianis paintings, 1927Elene Akhvlediani Statue, Tbilisi
Elene Akhvlediani (Georgian: ელენე ახვლედიანი) (April 5, 1898 in Telavi – December 30, 1975 in Tbilisi) 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.[3][4]
She received her education Tbilisi N. Skliphosofsky Art Studio. She traveled to Moscow and got impressed by Vrubel’s paintings. In 1919 she participated in Georgian artists exhibition. In 1921 continues studies at Tbilisi Art Academy in G. Gabashvili class. In 1922 she left for Italy for further studies and traveled to Rome, Milan, Florence and Venice for 6 months. In 1924, Akhvlediani began studying at Académie Colarossi in Paris, where her main field of work – urban landscapes – elaborated. By this time she made the whole series of Parisian views. It is also in Paris that a big graphic series of her up till now less known Nude is created. Obviously, she never returned to it back in Soviet Georgia [1].
Like her avant-garde colleague Lado Gudiashvili, Akhvlediani faced persecution under Stalin but was widely celebrated by the 1970s. Her landscapes of Old Tbilisi, in particular, were embraced during the late Soviet period's revival of interest in urban folk culture. Akhvlediani appears as herself (alongside Lado Gudiashvili) in Temur Palavandishvili's 1973 film Mze Shemodgomisa (Autumn Sun), in which a stifled artist moves to Ortachala from his sterile postwar flat and finds inspiration in the city's historic architecture. To this day, many painters of Old Tbilisi buildings wittingly or unwittingly emulate Akhvlediani's style.[5]
^"Elene Akhvlediani". National Archives of Georgia. Retrieved 2024-01-05. April 18 (April 5 OS), 1901 is mentioned as her date of birth in her biography, although archival documents, including one of her autobiographies, testify that the artist was born in 1898.
^"Hélène Akhvlediani (1901-1975)". modernism.ge. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
^Tsimintia, Ana (2008-04-25). "Endless surprises from Elene Akhvlediani as Tbilisi celebrates her birthday". Georgia Today. Archived from the original on 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
^"დღეს ელენე ახვლედიანის დაბადების დღეა" [Today is the birthday of Elene Akhvlediani]. Imedi.fm (in Georgian). 2017-04-18. Archived from the original on 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
^Zhgenti, Olga (2023). ""Tbilisi in Film"". Architectural Guide: Tbilisi, Berlin: DOM Publishers. Angela Wheeler (ed.): 299–301.
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Georgian SSR (1929). He taught among others Apollon Kutateladze and EleneAkhvlediani. Gabashvili remained a staunch realist and made known his opposition...
illustrations for children's books. In the late 1950s, Ana Shalikashvili, on EleneAkhvlediani's invitation, joined a group of artists who traveled throughout Georgia...
remaining there until 1926. In Paris she moved in the same circles as EleneAkhvlediani, Lado Gudiashvili, and David Kakabadze, studying contemporary French...
School of Working Youth in 1960. She met Sergei Parajanov in 1967 at EleneAkhvlediani's house and they maintained a close friendship which lasted until his...
State University. During his stay in St. Petersburg in 1917, Giorgi Akhvlediani handed him Ivane Javakhishvili's invitation. Shalva Nutsubidze left his...
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