Sergo Kobuladze

From 1932 Sergo Kobuladze efficiently worked for the Tbilisi Kote Marjanishvili and Shota Rustaveli Theatres, Tbilisi Zakaria Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre and for Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. In 1938 Sergo Kobuladze started teaching activity in Tbilisi Academy of Arts, where he founded and headed the Department of Painting and in 1953-1958 he became the Rector of the State Academy of Arts. After many years of work, in 1961 he completed the iconic painted stage curtain (170 sq. M) for Zakaria Paliashvili Opera and Ballet State Theatre. Several versions of the curtain were drawn up. According to available documentary material, a compositional illustration based on the theme of Zakaria Paliashvili's opera Absalom and Eteri was placed on the curtain during the first stage. The remaining space was devoted to a portion of an enormous, bulky and rather rigid carpet-patterned curtain. The artist later changed his mind and replaced the narrative compositional element with the image of a mythical character. The audience dubbed this portrait the "Muse of Music." In 1973 fire completely destroyed the hand-painted curtain.

Sergo Kobuladze studied at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. Vakhtang Akhvlediani is recorded as having studied under Sergo Kobuladze. Employment is recorded with Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and State Stalin Prize, 1st degree.

• Name — Sergo Kobuladze • Native Name — სერგო ქობულაძე • Born — 7 February 1909 • Birthplace — Akhaltsikhe, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 22 July 1978 (aged 69) • Place of death — Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, USSR • Citizenship — Russian Empire USSR • Education — Tbilisi State Academy of Arts • Awards — Stalin Prize 1st class (1947 and 1948) Shota Rustaveli Prize (1979)

Sergo Kobuladze is recorded with the occupation graphic designer. Recorded at birth as სერგო ქობულაძე. Recorded as having received Stalin Prize, Order of the Red Banner of Labour and Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".