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May 27, 1894 Bakhvi, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Georgia Died on 07 Nov 1921 (aged 27)
Georgian artist
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About Shalva Kikodze
- 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.
