Elguja Amashukeli
Illustration — Amashukeli on a 2023 stamp of Georgia Elguja Amashukeli (ელგუჯა დავითის ძე ამაშუკელი; 22 April 1928 – 10 March 2002) was a Georgian sculptor and painter. From 1981 to 1996 he was the chairman of the Georgian Association of Visual Artists.
Also recorded as Elgudža Amašukeli
Elguja Amashukeli
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- Full name
- ელგუჯა ამაშუკელი.
- Born
- sources differ (1928 and 1928). · Tbilisi.
- Died
- sources differ (2002 and 2002). · Tbilisi.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Georgia.
- Occupation
- sculptor and painter.
- Fields
- art of sculpture.
- Education
- Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
- Known for
- Kartlis Deda, Vakhtang Gorgasali's statue and Tbilisi.
- Honours
- USSR State Prize, People's Painter of the USSR, Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of Honour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Order of Friendship of Peoples.
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Illustration — Amashukeli on a 2023 stamp of Georgia Elguja Amashukeli (ელგუჯა დავითის ძე ამაშუკელი; 22 April 1928 – 10 March 2002) was a Georgian sculptor and painter. From 1981 to 1996 he was the chairman of the Georgian Association of Visual Artists.
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Elguja Amashukeli (1928–2002) was a painter and sculptor and a national of Georgia and the Soviet Union. Born ელგუჯა ამაშუკელი in Tbilisi, the painter died in Tbilisi.
Elguja Amashukeli studied at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. The painter was a member of Artists' Union of the USSR. Elguja Amashukeli was active in art of sculpture.
Works include Kartlis Deda and Vakhtang Gorgasali's statue, Tbilisi. The painter received Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of Honour and Order of the Badge of Honour, among others.
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Elguja Amashukeli graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1955. Since 1996 he has been a corresponding member of the Department of Linguistics and Literature of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. In 1985 he became a member of the Soviet Academy of Arts. He designed subway stations, created memorials and monuments in Georgia. Elguja Amashukeli authored the icons with strong national identity in monumental urban sculpture. He served as secretary of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1984-89), and was a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts (1988). He was awarded the titles of Honored Artist of the USSR (1965), People’s Artist of Georgia (1984-89), as well as the orders of the Red Banner of Labor and the Order of People’s Friendship. He was the laureate of state awards of the USSR and the People’s Republic of Bulgaria. Elguja Amashukeli died on March 10, 2002, and is buried in the Didube Pantheon Cemetery in Tbilisi. He wrote two books: The Seventh Sense (1981) and Art Letters (1984).
Works (selection)
Works (selection)
• Mother of Georgia, Tbilisi (1958) • Monument to King Vakhtang I Gorgasali, Tbilisi (1967) • Monument to Niko Pirosmani, Tbilisi (1975) • Monument to the heroic sailors, Poti (1979) • Monument to the Mother Tongue "Knowledge Bell", Tbilisi (1983) • Monument to King David IV the Builder, Kutaisi (1994)
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1928
Elguja Amashukeli born.
2002
Elguja Amashukeli died.
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Awards
• USSR State Prize (1982) • People's Illustrator of the USSR (1988) • Shota Rustaveli State Prize (1965) • Prize of the World Competition in Sofia (1970)
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- 1.Soviet Georgian sculptor Elgudzha Amashukeli. 2017-07-10.
- 2.Amashukeli Elguja.
- 3.Elgudscha Amaschukeli auf der Webseite der Bibliothek des Georgischen Parlaments (georgisch)
- 4.Aurora. Tbilissi – Architekturdenkmäler und Kunstmuseen. 1985.
- 5.Указ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР О присвоении почетного звания «Народный художник СССР» тов. Амашукели Э. Д. Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta SSSR. 44. 2 November 1988.
- 6.Вручение премии имени Шота Руставели. Zarya Vostoka. 258. 2. 31 October 1965.
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