Petre Otskheli (; 25 November 1907 – 2 December 1937) was a
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and
costume designer who designed in theatre in Georgia.
Born in
Kutaisi
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, Otskheli studied at the Kutaisi
realschule and the
Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
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in the 1920s. Through most of his career Otskheli had a creative relationship with the director
Kote Marjanishvili who invited the young artist to his theatre in Kutaisi in 1928. Otskheli’s visual experiments and skillful use of stage for massive designs with a series of subtle elements earned him recognition, but he soon came under pressure from Stalin’s lieutenant in the
Caucasus
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,
Lavrentiy Beria
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria (; rus, Лавре́нтий Па́влович Бе́рия, Lavréntiy Pávlovich Bériya, p=ˈbʲerʲiə; ka, ლავრენტი ბერია, tr, ; – 23 December 1953) was a Georgian Bolshevik ...
. In 1936, Otskheli fled Beria’s persecution to Moscow where he was recruited by his fellow countryman Sergo Amaghlobeli, then the director of
Moscow Maly Theatre. In 1937, both Otskheli and Amaghlobeli were arrested and shot on trumped-up charges of treason.
[Wells (2002), ''Shakespeare Survey: Volume 48, Shakespeare and Cultural Exchange'', p. 189. ]Cambridge University Press
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, [Rubin, Don ''et al.'' (1994), ''The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre'', p. 335. Taylor & Francis, .]
References
Further reading
*Lomtatidze, Lily (1973),
Petre Otskheli'. Tbilisi.
External links
*Tsimintia, Ana (2007-12-14
Fragments of Georgian Modernism: Theatre Designs of Petre Otskheli on Display at Karvasla ''Georgia Today''. Retrieved on 2008-06-13.
Petre Otskheli’s designs ''Art.dfl.ge''. Retrieved on 2008-06-13.
1907 births
1937 deaths
Scenic designers from Georgia (country)
People from Kutaisi
Great Purge victims from Georgia (country)
People executed for treason against the Soviet Union
20th-century painters from Georgia (country)
Soviet scenic designers
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