Shalva Kikodze (1894 – 1921) was a Georgian

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

 expressionist

Expressionism

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 painter, graphic artist and theatre decorator. Together with Lado Gudiashvili

Lado Gudiashvili

Lado Gudiashvili was a 20th century Georgian painter. Gudiashvili was born in Tiflis on March 18 , 1896 into a family of a railroad employee. He studied in the Tiflis school of sculpture and fine art , and later in Ronson's private academy in Paris...

 and David Kakabadze

David Kakabadze

Davit' Kakabadze was a Georgian avant-garde painter, graphic artist and scenic designer. A multi-talent, he was also an art scholar and innovator in the field of cinematography as well as an amateur photographer...

, he is considered a key figure in Georgian art of the early 20th century.

He was born in a remote Georgian village Bakhvi, Guria

Guria

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, then part of the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

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. From 1914 to 1918, he studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture

Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture

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. In 1916, he took part in an expedition to the Georgian village Nabakhtevi and made copies of the 15th-century murals from the local church. He stayed in his motherland for a short period of 1918-1920, and worked chiefly as a theater decorator for Jabadari Theater in Tbilisi

Tbilisi

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. Afterwards he moved to Paris

Paris

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, where he, together with his fellow painters, Gudiashvili and Kakabadze, held an exhibition in 1921. He died in Freiburg

Freiburg

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, Germany

Germany

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, on November 7, 1921
Most of his works are now on display at the Art Museum of Georgia

Art Museum of Georgia

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, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Some important works

• “Khevsureti
  Khevsureti
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  ”, 1920
• “Luxembourg Garden”, 1920
• “Guria
  Guria
  Guria is a region in Georgia, in the western part of the country, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. The region has a population of 143,357 and Ozurgeti is a regional capital.-Geography:...
  
  n woman holding a jar in her hand”, 1921
• “Ajarian women in chador
  Chador
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  s”, 1921
• “In the restaurant”, 1921