Natalia Palavandishvili ( ka, ნატალია ფალავანდიშვილი) (9 November 1921 – 2006) was a

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. Palavandishvili studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Fine Art, from which she graduated in 1945. Largely a portrait artist, she was associated for a portion of her career with

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 ...

. She also produced a series of paintings depicting views of Old Tbilisi. She specialized in

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and

gouache Gouache (; ), body color, or opaque watercolor is a water-medium paint consisting of natural pigment, water, a binding agent (usually gum arabic or dextrin), and sometimes additional inert material. Gouache is designed to be opaque. Gouache h ...

, but she also worked in oils. Palavandishvili was named a People's Artist of Georgia in 1984, having already been named Meritorious Artist of Georgia in 1965. Palavandishvili was the subject of a monograph published in 2016. Her work may be found in the collection of the

Georgian Museum of Fine Arts Georgian Museum of Fine Arts ( ka, ქართული სახვითი ხელოვნების მუზეუმი) is a private art museum located on the Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia (country). The construction broke gr ...

.''Catalogue, Georgian Museum of Fine Arts''. Tbilisi, Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, n.d.

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