Shalva Kikodze, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shalva Kikodze

Georgian artist

Date of Birth: 27-May-1894

Place of Birth: Bakhvi, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Georgia

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1921

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Shalva Kikodze (Georgian: ????? ??????) (1894–1921) was a Georgian expressionist painter, graphic artist and theatre decorator.
Together with Lado Gudiashvili and David Kakabadze, he is considered a key figure in Georgian art of the early 20th century. He was born in a remote Georgian village Bakhvi, Guria, then part of the Russian Empire.
From 1914 to 1918, he studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
In 1916, he took part in an expedition to the Georgian village Nabakhtevi and made copies of the 15th-century murals from the local church.
He stayed in his motherland for a short period of 1918-1920, and worked chiefly as a theater decorator for Jabadari Theater in Tbilisi.
Afterwards he moved to Paris, where he, together with his fellow painters, Gudiashvili and Kakabadze, held an exhibition in 1921.
He died in Freiburg, Germany, on November 7, 1921 Most of his works are now on display at the Art Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.



Alternative names	????? ??????
Description	Georgian painter
Date of birth/death	27 May 1895	7 November 1921
Location of birth/death	Bakhvi, Georgia (Russian Empire)	Freiburg, Germany
Work period	1915-1921
Work location	Russian Empire, Georgia, France
Authority control	: Q4220438