Petre Otskheli
Petre Otskheli (პეტრე ოცხელი; 8 October 1907 – 2 December 1937) was a Georgian modernist set and costume designer who designed in theatre in Georgia and briefly in Moscow. He was put to death during Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge at the age of 30, but his scenographic constructivism has had a lasting influence on the Georgian scenic design. Petre Otskheli was born in Kutaisi, Otskheli studied at the Kutaisi realschule and the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in the 1920s.
Petre Otskheli
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- Born
- 1907 · Kutaisi.
- Died
- 1937
- Nationality
- Georgia · Russian Empire · Georgian SSR
- Occupation
- costume designer · painter · scenographer · draftsperson · theatre designer
- Fields
- theatre · scenography · costume design
- Education
- Tbilisi State Academy of Arts
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Petre Otskheli (პეტრე ოცხელი; 8 October 1907 – 2 December 1937) was a Georgian modernist set and costume designer who designed in theatre in Georgia and briefly in Moscow. He was put to death during Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge at the age of 30, but his scenographic constructivism has had a lasting influence on the Georgian scenic design. Petre Otskheli was born in Kutaisi, Otskheli studied at the Kutaisi realschule and the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in the 1920s.
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Through most of his career Otskheli had a creative relationship with the director Kote Marjanishvili who invited the young artist to his theatre in Kutaisi in 1928. Otskheli's visual experiments and skillful use of stage for massive designs with a series of subtle elements earned him recognition, but he soon came under pressure from Stalin's lieutenant in the Caucasus, Lavrentiy Beria. In 1936, Otskheli fled Beria's persecution to Moscow where he was recruited by his fellow countryman Sergo Amaghlobeli, then the director of Moscow Maly Theatre. In 1937, both Otskheli and Amaghlobeli were arrested and shot on trumped-up charges of treason. In 1939, the works of Petre Otskheli were awarded a gold medal at the International Exhibition of Stage Design in London.
Petre Otskheli is recorded with the occupation draftsperson. Recorded as costume designer, painter, scenographer, draftsperson and theatre designer.
Petre Otskheli. Sketch of Costume. Gouache on Paper. 25x20 cm.1934
Petre Otskheli · artsaloni.ge
A sketch for the film “Flying Dyer”
Petre Otskheli · 2nd International Symposium of Georgian Culture. Proceedings (2009)
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1907
Petre Otskheli was born on 8 October 1907.
1937
Petre Otskheli died on 2 December 1937.
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