Ketevan Konstantines asuli Magalashvili ( ka, ქეთევან კონსტანტინესასული მაღალაშვილი; 19 April 1894 – 30 May 1973) was a Georgian and Soviet painter and art conservator.
Biography
A native of
Kutaisi, Magalashvili began her studies at the School of the Caucasian Society of Fine Arts, moving to
Moscow
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in 1915 to study at the
, where her instructors included
Konstantin Korovin
Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin (russian: Константи́н Алексе́евич Коро́вин, first name often spelled Constantin; 11 September 1939) was a leading Russian Impressionist painter.
Biography
Youth and education
Konstan ...
and
Nikolay Kasatkin
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...
. She returned to Georgia in 1917; in 1921 she began working at the library of the
National Gallery
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in
Tbilisi
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, where
Dimitri Shevardnadze
Dimitri Shevardnadze ( ka, დიმიტრი შევარდნაძე) (December 1, 1885 – 1937) was a Georgian painter, art collector and intellectual purged during Joseph Stalin's repressions.
Life
Born in Bakhvi, a small village i ...
became a supporter. She traveled to Paris in 1923, enrolling at the
Académie Colarossi and remaining there until 1926.
In Paris she moved in the same circles as
Elene Akhvlediani
Elene Akhvlediani () (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 t ...
,
Lado Gudiashvili
Lado Gudiashvili ( ka, ლადო გუდიაშვილი; 30 March 1896 – 20 July 1980) was a Georgian artist of the 20th century. Gudiashvili was born into a family of a railroad employee. He studied in the Tbilisi school of sculp ...
, and
David Kakabadze
Davit' Kakabadze ( ka, დავით კაკაბაძე) (August 20, 1889 – May 10, 1952) was a leading Georgian avant-garde painter, graphic artist and scenic designer. A multi-talent, he was also an art scholar and innovator in the fie ...
, studying contemporary French art and developing her technique. Returning once again to Georgia, she became a conservator at the National Gallery, leaving the post after Shevardnadze's
execution
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in 1937. She continued work as a painter, exhibiting with the Union of Artists for much of her career and gaining some notice for her portraits. She died in Tbilisi.
Work by Magalashvili is in the collection of the National Gallery of Georgia
and in numerous private collections. She was the subject of a monograph published in 2016.
References
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1894 births
1973 deaths
20th-century painters from Georgia (country)
20th-century women artists
People from Kutaisi
Portrait painters from the Russian Empire
Académie Colarossi alumni
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Conservator-restorers
Portrait painters
Soviet women painters
Soviet painters
Women painters from Georgia (country)
Burials at Didube Pantheon