Alexander Shervashidze

Alexander Shervashidze studied at Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. The recorded working language is Russian and Georgian. The field of work recorded is art criticism, painting and graphics. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are graphics, painting and scenography.

• Succession — Prince of Abkhazia • Reign — 1918–1968 • Predecessor — Giorgi Mikhailovitch Sharvashidze • Successor — George Vladimirovitch Shervashidze • Name — Aleksandr Sharvashidze • Birth Name — Aleksandr Konstantinovich Chachba-Sharvashidze ალექსანდრე კონსტანტინის ძე შარვაშიძე Алеқсандр Константин-иҧа Чачба-Шарвашиӡе • Born — 1867 • Birthplace — Feodosia, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 17 August 1968 • Place of death — Monte Carlo, Monaco • Burial Place — * Russian Orthodox Cemetery Nice (1968–1985) • Sukhumi (1985–) • House — House of Shervashidze • Father — Prince Konstantine Giorgi Shervashidze • Mother — Nathalie de Enloy de la Garde • Occupation — * Graphic designer • painter • scenographer • art critic

Aleksandr Konstantinovich Chachba-Sharvashidze was born on 1867 in Feodosia, to Nathalie de Enloy de la Garde and Prince Konstantine Giorgi Shervashidze. Through his father Sharvashidze was a member of the House of Sharvashidze, the former ruling family of the Principality of Abkhazia. Sharvashidze was the grandson of the Abkhazian ruler Sefer Ali-Bey Sharvashidze and great-grandson of Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Sharvashidze. Sharvashidze's father Constantine was part of the 1832 conspiracy of Georgian nobility against Russian rule.

From 1907 until 1918 Sharvashidze worked as a scenographer at the Mariinsky and Alexandrinsky theatres. He co-operated with Alexandre Benois, Aleksandr Golovin, Valentin Serov and Pablo Picasso.

Fellowing the Russian Revolution, Sharvashidze went into exile in France, and from 1920 lived in Paris.

On 17 August 1968 Sharvashidze died in Monte Carlo aged 100, and was initially buried at the Russian Orthodox Cemetery in Nice. Sharvashidze requested for all his work to be left to Georgia after his death. On 12 May 1985, Sharvashidze was ceremonially reburied in the centre of the Abkhazian capital Sukhumi. On 24 December 2013, a monument was unveiled on his grave. On 21 January 2024, the Central Exhibition Hall, in Sukhumi, which stored precious artworks from Abkhazia's National Art Gallery, burned down, resulting in the tragic loss of over four thousand artworks, including up to 300 pieces by Alexander Chachba-Shervashidze.