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Apollon Karamanovich Kutateladze (in Georgian: აპოლონ ქუთათელაძე, (1900-01-06)6 January 1900 in Khoni – (1972-06-25)June 25, 1972 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian painter.[1]

Apollon Kutateladze
Apollon Kutateladze in his artist workshop
Born	(1900-01-06)January 6, 1900 Khoni, Georgia
Died	June 25, 1972(1972-06-25) (aged 72) Tbilisi, Georgia
Resting place	Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi
Nationality	Georgian and Soviet
Education	Eugene Lanceray, Gigo Gabashvili, Iosif Adolfovich Charlemagne [Wikidata]
Alma mater	Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
Known for	painting, drawing, design, graphic design
Style	Socialist realism
Movement	Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
Awards	People's Artist of the USSR, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour
Memorial(s)	Apolon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Arts

Early life

Apollon Kutateladze starts to study in Poti, Georgia. He continues to study at the "Caucasian society of artist support" school, where he will be specialised in art from 1914 to 1915. In 1915, he will quit Poti to join the "Nikolay Sklifosovsky" Academy of Painting and Drawing in the capital, Tbilisi, before joining the Georgian army in 1916. He will be sent to battle in 1921 against the Red Army, as part of the Georgian War of Independence.

After his demobilisation, he participates to the satirical journal "Nalgui" (transl. Crocodile) in Tbilisi. He graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1926 after studying four years with teachers Eugene Lanceray, Gigo Gabashvili and Iosif Adolfovich Charlemagne. He has had several academic trips to Leningrad.[2]

Career

From 1943 onward, Apollon Kutateladze establishes himself in Tbilisi and teaches[3] at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts,[4] of which he will become the rector in 1959.[5] He will put in place in the Academy a new pedagogical method of teaching Arts, which consists in education, practise (workshop creation) and construction (projects from industrial partners). This will leave the classical art pedagogical methods behind, to the profit of the new method derived from the three principles of Walter Gropius in Bauhaus.

Throughout his career, Apollon Kutateldaze will receive the Order of the Badge of Honour twice and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour once. He will also become People's Artist of the USSR.

Personal life

Apollon Kutateladze marries Vera Georgievna Megreladze. He will have two sons: Tariel Kutateladze (architect) and Guram Kutateladze (painter).[6][7]

His second wife, Maria Ivanovna Edokimova, will give him two daughters: Manana Kutateladze and Nana Kutateladze (who will marry Georgy Konstantinovich Totibadze).[8][9]

His third and last wife was Mirel Zdanevich (daughter of Kirill Zdanevich [ka]) will give him his last son: Karaman Kutateladze (painter),[10][11] before Apollon Kutateladze's death in 1972.

Heritage

Tbilisi State Academy of Arts will be renamed Apollon Kutateladze State Academy of Arts[12][13] after his death in 1972. A street in Tbilisi is also renamed Apollon Kutateladze Street around 2000. Apollon Kutateladze actually rests in the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi.

Works

Apollon Kutateladze has created a large quantity of works during his lifetime,[14] of which many historical scenes and portraits, such as:

• "Comrade Stalin heading the Batumi workers' protest"
• "Conversation between comrade Stalin and the peasants of Adjara in 1902"
• Comrade Stalin with Mother (1930)[15]
• paintings «Sergo Ordzhonikidze encourages mountaineers to come to the defense of Grozny» (1938)
• «a Joyful harvest» (1953)
• «On the plantations of Georgia» (1957)
• «grape Harvest» (1961)
• «March of Queen Tamara» (1967)
• «the Hunting Queen Tamar» (1970)

References

External links

• Apollon Kutateladze at Find a Grave

На других языках

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- [en] Apollon Kutateladze

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[fr] Apollon Kutateladze

Apollon Karamanovich Kutateladze (en géorgien: აპოლონ ქუთათელაძე), né le 25 décembre 1899 (6 janvier 1900 dans le calendrier grégorien) à Khoni et mort le 25 juin 1972 à Tbilissi) est un artiste peintre géorgien[1].

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[ru] Кутателадзе, Аполлон Караманович

Кутателадзе Аполлон Караманович (груз. აპოლონ ყარამანის ძე ქუთათელაძე; 25 декабря 1899 (6 января 1900), Хони, Кутаисская губерния, Российская империя — 25 июня 1972, Тбилиси, Грузинская ССР) — советский, грузинский художник-живописец, график. Народный художник СССР (1970).

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