Jacob Nikoladze
Iakob nikoladze ( Georgian იაკობ ნიკოლაძე; born May 16, jul. / 28. May 1876 greg. In Kutaisi ; † 10. March 1951 in Tbilisi ) was a Georgian sculptor. He designed the national flag of the first Georgian republic .
Life
Jakob Nikoladze received his first artistic training at the Stroganov Art School in Moscow and the Odessa Painting School . In 1899 he went to Paris , where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and worked for a while as a student of Auguste Rodin . He later returned to his homeland, where from the early 1920s he worked as a professor at the Tbilisi Art Academy , of which he was one of the founders.
Nikoladze designed the national flag of the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918–1921), which was again the flag of Georgia after the independence of Georgia from 1991 to 2004. In 1939 he joined the Communist Party .
Portrait work makes up a large part of his work. This includes, for example, the tomb for the Georgian poet Ilia Chavchavadze, but also semi-official works, including depictions of Lenin and Stalin .
Nikoladze's ashes were buried on the Pantheon on Mtatsminda in Tbilisi.
Awards
He received a variety of state awards, including that of People's Artist of the Georgian SSR . In 1945 he was awarded the Stalin Prize.
literature
- Beridze, WW and Ezerskaja, IA: Iskusstvo Sovetskoj Gruzii. 1921-1970 Moscow, 1975.
- Urušadze, IA: Jakov Nikoladze , Moscow, 1968
swell
- Article Iakob Nikoladze in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- Igor Uruschadze: Schisn 'eto krasota , in Svobodnaja Grusia (Tbilisi) on November 26, 1996
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nikoladze, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nikoladse, Jakob (Germanized); ნიკოლაძე, იაკობ (Georgian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Georgian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kutaisi , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1951 |
| Place of death | Tbilisi , Georgian SSR |