Sergo Kobuladze ( ka, სერგო ქობულაძე; February 7, 1909 – July 22, 1978) was a

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painter and illustrator. He was a rector of the

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(1952-1959) From 1918 he went to N. Sklifasovski Art Studio; in 1925-1939 – to Tbilisi Academy of Arts. The years spent in Moscow and Leningrad in the early 1930s had a great impact on the artist's professional development. From 1932 Sergo Kobuladze efficiently worked for the Tbilisi Kote Marjanishvili and Shota Rustaveli Theatres, Tbilisi Zakaria Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre and for Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. In 1938 Sergo Kobuladze started teaching activity in Tbilisi Academy of Arts, where he founded and headed the Department of Painting and in 1953-1958 he became the Rector of the State Academy of Arts. After many years of work, in 1961 he completed the iconic painted stage curtain (170 sq. m) for Zakaria Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre. In 1973 fire completely destroyed the hand-painted curtain.

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A gallery of his paintings
1909 births 1978 deaths 20th-century painters from Georgia (country) People from Akhaltsikhe Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Tbilisi State Academy of Arts alumni Stalin Prize winners Rustaveli Prize winners {{Georgia-painter-stub Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Socialist realist artists Painters from Georgia (country) Scenic designers from Georgia (country) Soviet painters Soviet scenic designers Burials at Didube Pantheon