Nana (Nanuli) Archilovna Meskhidze ( March 13, 1936 - August 31, 1997 ) - Honored Artist ( Painting ) of Georgia , teacher . Belongs to the galaxy of Soviet artists of the 60s of the twentieth century. She took part in all-Union and foreign exhibitions.
Content
Biography
Born March 13, 1936 in Tbilisi , Georgia. Parents: conductor of Georgian folklore groups, honored teacher Archil Meskhidze (1912-1999) and theater actress named after Kote Marjanishvili , director Aniko Avlohashvili (1917-1994). The desire for art was revealed in early childhood - until the last classes of high school she was passionate about classical music, but in the end, art took over.
In 1944-1952 studied at the Tbilisi Zhensk secondary school №23 named after Ilya Chavchavadze .
In 1953, after high school, she entered the Tbilisi Art College. Yakova Nikoladze , after which in 1957 she immediately passed the exams at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (the teacher at the faculty of painting is Ucha Japaridze).
In 1963, she graduated with honors from the Academy (thesis - “Our Courtyard”) and after that she took up creative activity.
In 1965, she became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR , and in 1977 she was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR .
The paintings by Nana Meskhidze are kept in state galleries in Georgia and the Russian Federation .
She died on August 31, 1997 in Tbilisi.
Selected Works
“Brother and Sister” (1963), “My Dad” (1965), “The Game” (1965), “Four” (1966), “Girls” (1967), “Mothers” (1968), “Birth” (1969) ), Victory Day (1970), Children on the Beach (1971), Tennis Players (1971), Self-portrait with Children (1973), In the Museum (1975), In the Field (Idyll) (1975), “Actresses Behind the Scenes” (1975).
Exhibitions and business trips
- 1963 - Exhibition dedicated to International Women's Day
- 1966 - Exhibition of works by young artists in the Tbilisi National Art Gallery
- 1967 - Second All-Union Exhibition "Physical Culture and Sports in the Visual Arts"
- 1967 - Exhibition of works of Soviet fine art in Japan
- 1968 - Creative business trip in Romania
- 1968 - Exhibition "50 Years of the Komsomol "
- 1968 - Exhibition "Young Artists of the USSR" in the GDR
- 1968 - Exhibition "Young Artists of the USSR" in Hungary
- 1968 - Exhibition of works by young Soviet artists at the World Festival of Youth and Students in Sofia
- 1977 - Exhibition of paintings by five Georgian artists in Moscow
- 1977 - Exhibition of paintings by five Georgian artists in Syria
- 1978 - Exhibition of paintings by five Georgian artists in Iraq
- 1978 - Mission of a special group of artists to Italy and Malta
- 1978 - Business trip of a special group of artists in the GDR
- 1979 - Creative business trip to the Baltic states
- 1979 - International Symposium of Artists of the Five Democratic Countries in Prague
- 1982 - Creative business trip to Finland
- 1983 - Personal exhibition “Strength in Many” in Tbilisi
- 1990 - Creative business trip in the house of artists of Palanga ( Lithuania ) and two exhibitions
Bibliography
- L. Khakhmigerashvili . Spring colors are called // Tbilisi newspaper, March 15, 1963
- Art Exhibition of Georgia "Watching the Peace" (Catalog). Tbilisi, 1965
- All-Union Art Exhibition "Watching the World" (Catalog). Moscow: "Soviet Artist", 1965)
- Nana Meskhidze (Booklet). Tbilisi :, ”Helovneba”, 1973
- 30 years of the great victory (Catalog). Tbilisi, 1975
- V. Beridze, N. Yezerskaya . Art of Soviet Georgia 1921-1970. Moscow, 1975
- Grigor Parusidze . I’m just broadening my heart for you // Journal " Friendship of Peoples ", No. 2, 1975
- All-Union Art Exhibition "Glory to Work" (Catalog). Moscow: "Soviet artist", 1976
- Otar Egadze . Among the artists. Tbilisi, 1976
- Exhibition of paintings by five Georgian artists (Catalog). Moscow, 1977)
- Maurice Potskishvili . The Grace of Motherhood // Sakartvelos Kali Magazine, No. 1, 1983
- PALANGA 90 (Catalog). 1990