Alexander Mrevlishvili (Georgian: ალექსანდრე მრევლიშვილი) (1866–1933) was a Georgian artist who exemplified the realistic[1] style during the transition to the 20th century."[2][3] He is also seen as a representative of Georgian avant-gardism.[4]
Alexander Mrevlishvili | |
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ალექსანდრე მრევლიშვილი | |
 The photo of Alexander Mrevlishvili | |
| Born | August 15, 1866 |
| Died | December 25, 1933 (aged 67) |
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| Children | The poet Makvala Mrevlishvili (1909–1992) |
Mrevlishvili undertook formal artistic education at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied from 1884 to 1890. Subsequently, Mrevlishvili continued his artistic training in Paris, France, (Académie Julian), attending from 1898 to 1901. He was influenced by the art group Peredvizhniki.[2]
His daughter Makvala Mrevlishvili (1909–1992) was a children's poet.[5][6]
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At the Village Chancellery, 1893 -
Low Fence, 1901 -
On the Road, 1903 -
Portrait of Niko Pirosmanashvili, 1916 -
Portrait of Nikoloz Baratashvili -
Sketch
See also
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edit- ^ Melentev, Yury (1984). The Old, the New, the Eternal: Reflections on Art. Raduga Publishers. p. 204. ISBN 978-5-05-000068-2.
- ^ a b Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich (1973). Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Macmillan.
- ^ "Mrevlishvili, Aleksandr". TheFreeDictionary.com -> The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Rosenfeld, Alla; Dodge, Norton T. (1995). From Gulag to Glasnost: Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union : the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection, the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Thames and Hudson. p. 251.
- ^ The National Union Catalogs, 1963-: A Cumulative Author List Representing Library of Congress Printed Cards and Titles Reported by Other American Libraries. Library of Congress. 1964. p. 358. ISBN 978-90-214-9305-3.
- ^ Литературная грузия (in Russian). Издательство ЦК КП Грузии. 1985. p. 14.