Elene Akhvlediani

She traveled to Moscow and got impressed by Vrubel's paintings. In 1919 she participated in Georgian artists exhibition. In 1921 continues studies at Tbilisi Art Academy in G. In 1922 she left for Italy for further studies and traveled to Rome, Milan, Florence and Venice for 6 months. In 1924, Akhvlediani began studying at Académie Colarossi in Paris, where her main field of work – urban landscapes – elaborated. It is also in Paris that a big graphic series of her up till now less known Nude is created. Obviously, she never returned to it back in Soviet Georgia. Like her avant-garde colleague Lado Gudiashvili, Akhvlediani faced persecution under Stalin but was widely celebrated by the 1970s. Her landscapes of Old Tbilisi, in particular, were embraced during the late Soviet period's revival of interest in urban folk culture. Akhvlediani appears as herself (alongside Lado Gudiashvili) in Temur Palavandishvili's 1973 film Mze Shemodgomisa (Autumn Sun), in which a stifled artist moves to Ortachala from his sterile postwar flat and finds inspiration in the city's historic architecture. To this day, many painters of Old Tbilisi buildings wittingly or unwittingly emulate Akhvlediani's style.

Elene Akhvlediani studied at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and Académie Colarossi. Training under Gigo Gabashvili is recorded. The recorded working language is Georgian. The field of work recorded is painting. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Badge of Honour, Shota Rustaveli State Prize and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

• Name — Elene Akhvlediani • Born — 5 April 1898 • Birthplace — Telavi, Russian Empire • Died — 30 December 1975 • Place of death — Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi • Education — Tbilisi Art Academy, Académie Colarossi • Field — Painting • Awards — Shota Rustaveli Prize (1971) • Illustration — Catalog of Elene Akhvledianis paintings, 1927 • Illustration — Elene Akhvlediani Statue, Tbilisi

Elene Akhvlediani is recorded as painter.