AKHVLEDIANI, Elena Dmitrievna

5 апреля 1901 (Telavi) — 30 декабря 1975 (Tbilisi)

Painter, graphic artist, theatre artist, sculptor

From the family doctor. Initial art education has received at School Н. В. Склифосовского in Tiflis. He studied at the Academy of arts in Tiflis (1922) Г. И. Габашвили. At the end of the first year as a fellow of the Academy sent to continue his education in Italy and France; in 1922-1923 traveled to Italy; in 1924-1927 worked in academia Ф. Коларосси in Paris.

Lived in Tiflis (Tbilisi); traveled to Ukraine, the Baltic States, Czechoslovakia. Worked primarily as a landscape painter. The author works: "Old Tbilisi, Kakheti. Winter" (both — 1924), "working-class district in Paris" (1926), "Carousing", "Old bell tower" (mid 1920-х), "Agares" (1927), "the Batumi refineries" (1927), "neighborhoods of Tbilisi" (1931), "Telavi" (1934), "farmers Holiday" (1937), "In the mountains of Samegrelo" (1940), "А. С. Пушкин on the grave А. С. Грибоедова" (1949), "The poet Н. М. Бараташвили in the cabin М. Орбелиани", "Imereti" (1956), "Tbilisi" (1959), "vintage" (1961). Created graphic cycles (watercolor, pencil, ink): "during the war" (the late 1940-х), the Baltic States and Czechoslovakia (both — 1950-е), "Old and new Tbilisi" (1961-1967).

In 1928 was invited to design productions Director К. Марджанишвили. He has designed more than 60 спектаклей, among them: "How" К. Каладзе (1928), "Othello" (1932), "Much ADO about nothing" У. Шекспира (1963), "Madame San-Жен" В. Сарду (1939), "Comedy one night" К. Каладзе (1944-1945), "Russian question" К. М. Симонова (1947), "Pygmalion" Б. Шоу (1955) 2-м State drama theatre (Georgian theatre. К. Марджанишвили); "Abesalom and Eteri" З. П. Палиашвили (1942) at the Tbilisi Opera and ballet theatre. Also collaborated in the theaters (Opera and ballet. Т. Г. Шевченко), Moscow (Theatre of operetta), Leningrad (the State academic theatre of Opera and ballet. С. М. Кирова), Kharkov.

Performed sketches of costumes at the Studio "Georgia-фильм" (1950-е): "Dragonfly" С. В. Долидзе and Л. И. Хотивари (1954), "the Song of Eteri" С. В. Долидзе (1956).

was Engaged in book graphics; in 1934-1937 — main artist sector of children's books in publishing house "Shellgame". He drew illustrations to the books: "don Quixote" М. Сервантеса (1932), "the collected works" И. Г. Чавчавадзе (1934-1935), "Poems" Vazha Pshavela (1951).