Sergey Mikhailovich Gabelia ( January 23, 1939 , Gup , Ochamchir district , Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic - June 20, 1997 , Sukhum , Abkhazia ) - Abkhazian artist, chairman of the Union of Artists of the Abkhazian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Republic of Abkhazia (1975-1997), People's Artist of the Abkhazian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1971), former director of the Sukhumi Art College (1966-1975).
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| Genre | painting |
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Biography
Born on January 23, 1939 [1] in the village of Gup, Ochamchir district of the Abkhaz ASSR.
After graduating from high school, he studied at the Sukhumi art studio with N.O. Tabukashvili . In 1958 he entered the third year of the Tbilisi Art College, after which he wrote his thesis “Fishermen” (1959, oil on canvas).
From 1960 to 1966 he studied at the faculty of painting of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (workshop of U. Japaridze ), writing a thesis "Mahajira" (1966, oil on canvas). The artist returned to the theme of Mahajirism later on - the painting “Mahajirstvo” (1974, oil on canvas).
In 1966 he married Maro Gabunia, writing a number of portraits of her ("Portrait of Maro", paper, gouache). In the same year he returned to Sukhumi, where he was admitted to the Union of Artists of Abkhazia.
Since 1966 he became the first director of the Sukhumi Art College. A.K. Chachba , while working as a teacher of painting.
On April 22, 1971, by a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, he was awarded the title of People's Artist [2] .
During the hostilities of 1992-1993, he initiated the creation of the creative art union “Ažveipšyaa”.
He is the author of numerous portraits - “Pimba Traps”, “Castey Arstaa”; landscapes - "Azhara", "Mountain Gup", "Auadhara" and others. The master’s works are in the GNKG of RA , in the NKGG , in the Russian art fund, in private collections in Russia and foreign countries.
Reviews
“Sergey was given the talent of an artist. He is a realist, he has a wonderful color. But he had little time to work freely. The union took a lot of power. With all this, he created a lot of work. His portraiture draws attention, many of them have become classic examples. As a person he was warm, attentive, restrained, it was always interesting to travel with him. He tried to write as much as possible about Abkhazia, he devoted a lot of paintings to mahajirs, he has beautiful landscapes. He did not focus, but wrote from nature and in his own way sang what he saw. ”
- Huta Avidzba [3]
“I admire Sergey’s paintings with large multi-figure compositions; it’s not so easy to write them. He perfectly knew the secret of the composition. His works are not tortured, not squeezed, they are written with love. I will mention one more distinctive detail. I have watched him write more than once. At the end of the work, he took pure black paint and used for contours and stains. He put the final touch, as it were, bringing revitalization and completeness to his artistic design. ”
- Zoe Ginjolia [3]
Family
- Mother - Venus Matua, textile master.
- Wife - Maro Gabunia
- Son - Lasha
- Son - Batal
- Daughter - Gunda
- Daughter - Saida
Notes
- ↑ Gabelia Sergey Mikhailovich 01/23/1939 -
- ↑ Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of April 22, 1971 (Unavailable link) . Date of treatment October 1, 2015. Archived October 1, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 He left. But he stayed with us as an artist.