Elguja Amashukeli (

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: ელგუჯა დავითის ძე ამაშუკელი; 22 April 1928 – 10 March 2002) was a

sculptor and painter. From 1981 to 1996 he was the chairman of the Georgian Association of Visual Artists.

Life

Elguja Amashukeli graduated from the ''

Tbilisi State Academy of Arts The Tbilisi State Academy of Arts ( ka, თბილისის სახელმწიფო სამხატვრო აკადემია) is one of the oldest universities in Georgia and Caucasus. It is located in central Tbilisi near ...

'' in 1955. Since 1996 he has been a corresponding member of the Department of Linguistics and Literature of the ''

Georgian Academy of Sciences The Georgian National Academy of Sciences (GNAS) ( ka, საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა ეროვნული აკადემია, tr) is a main learned society of the Georgia. It was named Georgian S ...

''. In 1985 he became a member of the Soviet Academy of Arts. He designed subway stations, created memorials and monuments in Georgia. Elguja Amashukeli died on March 10, 2002, and is buried in the ''

Didube Pantheon The Didube Pantheon ( ka, დიდუბის მწერალთა და საზოგადო მოღვაწეთა პანთეონი) is a cemetery in Tbilisi, Georgia, where some of the most prominent writers, artists, s ...

'' Cemetery in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...

.Elgudscha Amaschukeli
auf der Webseite der Bibliothek des Georgischen Parlaments (georgisch) He wrote two books: ''The Seventh Sense'' (1981) and ''Art Letters'' (1984).

Works (selection)

Mother of Georgia Kartlis Deda ( ka, ქართვლის დედა; ''Mother of Kartvel'' or ''Mother of Georgian'') is a monument in Georgia's capital Tbilisi. The statue was erected on the top of Sololaki hill in 1958, the year Tbilisi celebrated its ...

, Tbilisi (1958) * Monument to King Vakhtang I Gorgasali, Tbilisi (1967) * Monument to Niko Pirosmani, Tbilisi (1975) * Monument to the heroic sailors, Poti (1979) * Monument to the Mother Tongue "Knowledge Bell", Tbilisi (1983) * Monument to King David IV the Builder, Kutaisi (1994)

Awards

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

Shota Rustaveli State Prize The Shota Rustaveli State Prize (created in 1965) is the highest prize awarded by Georgia in the fields of art and literature. The first prize-winners of this prize were Konstantine Gamsakhurdia (writer), Irakli Abashidze (poet) and Lado Gudiashvil ...

(1965) * Prize of the World Competition in Sofia (1970)

References

{{reflist Sculptors from Georgia (country) Rustaveli Prize winners Painters from Georgia (country) People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts) Soviet painters Modern painters 2002 deaths 1928 births Recipients of the USSR State Prize Corresponding Members of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences