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'''Shalom Koboshvili''' (b. [[Akhaltsikhe]], 1876, d. [[Tbilisi]] 1941) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n [[artist]] who specialised in drawings and paintings of [[Jew]]ish life in Georgia.
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| name = Shalom Koboshvili
| image = Гвелесиани Д.А. Портрет -- Шалом Кобошвили (1876—1941), художник.jpg
| caption = Self-portrait, 1930s.
| birth_date = {{birth-date|1876}}
|birth_place = [[Akhaltsikhe]], [[Russian Empire]]<br /><small>(now [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]])</small>
|death_date = 1941
|death_place = [[Tbilisi]], [[Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic|Georgian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]<br /><small>(now Georgia)</small>
| nationality = Georgian
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| known_for = Drawings<br />Paintings
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[[File:Shalom Koboshvili. Painting.jpg|thumb|Prayers in the Synagogue]]
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Born to a poor family of Jews in Akhaltsikhe, Koboshvili was originally intended for the [[Rabbi]]nate, but quit religious training at an early age. His interest in art was discouraged by his family, and he was originally apprenticed as a printer. all his knowledged of art was effectively self-taught. After a varied career (in which around 1910 he is said to have met with the artist [[Niko Pirosmani]])<ref>Tsitsuashvili (2006), p. 14</ref> he eventually became in 1937 a watchman at the newly established [[David Baazov Museum of History of Jews of Georgia|Jewish Historic-Ethnographic Museum]] in Tbilisi. His work there apparently inspired him to devote himself to painting and all his surviving work dates from the period 1937-1941, the year of his death.


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'''Shalom Koboshvili'''{{efn|{{lang-he|שלום קובושווילי}}, {{lang-ka|შალომ კობოშვილი}}}} (1876 – 1941) was a [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n [[artist]] who specialised in drawings and paintings of [[History of the Jews in Georgia|Jewish life in Georgia]]. Born to a poor family of Jews in Akhaltsikhe, Koboshvili was originally intended for the [[Rabbi]]nate, but quit religious training at an early age. His interest in art was discouraged by his family, and he was originally apprenticed as a printer. All his knowledge of art was effectively self-taught. After a varied career (in which around 1910 he is said to have met with the artist [[Niko Pirosmani]])<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tsitsuashvili|first=Lela|title=Shalom Koboshvili (1876-1941) for the 130th Anniversary|year=2006|location=Tbilisi|pages=14}}</ref> he eventually became in 1937 a watchman at the newly established [[David Baazov Museum of History of Jews of Georgia|Jewish Historic-Ethnographic Museum]] in Tbilisi. His work there apparently inspired him to devote himself to painting and all his surviving work dates from the period 1937–1941, the year of his death.
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Koboshvili's work, which is all in a competent but [[Naive art|naive]] style, is entirely devoted to scenes of Jewish life; sometimes painted in oils, sometimes in water colours on paper. There are scenes relating to Jewish marriages, to Jewish festivals (including [[Succot]] and [[Yom Kippur]]), and to scenes of Jewish life in Georgian villages and on Jewish [[kolkhoz|collective farms]].


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Koboshvili's work, which is all in a competent but [[Naive art|naive]] style, is entirely devoted to scenes of Jewish life; sometimes painted in oils, sometimes in water colours on paper. There are scenes relating to Jewish marriages, to Jewish festivals (including [[Sukkot]] and [[Yom Kippur]]), and to scenes of Jewish life in Georgian villages and on Jewish [[kolkhoz]]es.
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The Georgian Jewish Museum was forcibly closed in the 1950s and its contents, including the works of Koboshvili, were transferred to the [[National Museum of Georgia]], to which they still belong. A retrospective exhibition of the works of Koboshvili was held at the Museum in Tbilisi in 2006.

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The Georgian Jewish Museum was forcibly closed in the 1950s and its contents, including the works of Koboshvili, were transferred to the [[Georgian National Museum]], to which they still belong. A retrospective exhibition of the works of Koboshvili was held at the Museum in Tbilisi in 2006.

== See also ==
*[[Mayer Kirshenblatt]]


==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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*Lela Tsitsuashvili, ''Shalom Koboshvili (1876-1941) for the 130th Anniversary'', Tbilisi, 2006.
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*Lily Magal (editor) ''In the Land of the Golden Fleece: The Jews of Georgia'', Tel-Aviv, 1992.

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Latest revision as of 09:44, 25 February 2024

Shalom Koboshvili
Self-portrait, 1930s.
Born1876 (1876)
Akhaltsikhe, Russian Empire
(now Georgia)
Died1941
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Georgia)
NationalityGeorgian
Known forDrawings
Paintings
Prayers in the Synagogue

Shalom Koboshvili[a] (1876 – 1941) was a Georgian artist who specialised in drawings and paintings of Jewish life in Georgia. Born to a poor family of Jews in Akhaltsikhe, Koboshvili was originally intended for the Rabbinate, but quit religious training at an early age. His interest in art was discouraged by his family, and he was originally apprenticed as a printer. All his knowledge of art was effectively self-taught. After a varied career (in which around 1910 he is said to have met with the artist Niko Pirosmani)[1] he eventually became in 1937 a watchman at the newly established Jewish Historic-Ethnographic Museum in Tbilisi. His work there apparently inspired him to devote himself to painting and all his surviving work dates from the period 1937–1941, the year of his death.

Koboshvili's work, which is all in a competent but naive style, is entirely devoted to scenes of Jewish life; sometimes painted in oils, sometimes in water colours on paper. There are scenes relating to Jewish marriages, to Jewish festivals (including Sukkot and Yom Kippur), and to scenes of Jewish life in Georgian villages and on Jewish kolkhozes.

The Georgian Jewish Museum was forcibly closed in the 1950s and its contents, including the works of Koboshvili, were transferred to the Georgian National Museum, to which they still belong. A retrospective exhibition of the works of Koboshvili was held at the Museum in Tbilisi in 2006.

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  1. ^ Hebrew: שלום קובושווילי, Georgian: შალომ კობოშვილი

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  1. ^ Tsitsuashvili, Lela (2006). Shalom Koboshvili (1876-1941) for the 130th Anniversary. Tbilisi. p. 14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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