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100 year anniversary of Georgian artist Robert Sturua



The Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery in Tbilisi, Georgia, is holding an exhibition dedicated to the 100 year anniversary of Robert Sturua, from 4 May to 2 June 2017.

Robert Sturua (1916-198?) is the father of Robert Sturua (1938-) a prominent Georgian theatre director, noted for his productions of Shakespeare’s plays (Hamlet and King Lear) as well as Waiting for Godot.

Robert Sturua the father and painter was born on 4 May 1916. He studied at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, and from 1939-1941 he studied at the Russian Academy of Arts in Moscow. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1942. As a painter and muralist, he held the Award of the Public Artist of Georgia in 1965.

Sturua is noted for his monumental paintings and murals in the theatres of Georgia. His works include ‘Celebration of the Victory’ painted in the Chiatura Akaki Tsereteli State Professional Drama Theatre (1945-50, USSR state prize winner, 1951); ‘Friendship of Nations’ painted in the Shroma (Ozurgeti District) Culture House (1953-56); ‘Good Defeats Evil’ at the Culture House of Miners in Tkibuli (1957-60); and a large panoramic mural (1966) of ‘Shota and Tamar’ dedicated to the 800th jubilee anniversary of the Georgian poet Shota Rustaveli and the female King Tamar.

The exhibition showcases Sturea’s paintings, from portraits to landscapes, and to regional theatre murals. Sturua also created illustrations for the works of Ilia Chavchavadze and Vazha Pshavela.

The exhibition is supported by Shota Rustaveli State Drama Theatre and The Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia.


Robert Sturua, Portrait of Niniko Kereselidze

Robert Sturua, Portrait of Zhoro Khalatov

Robert Sturua, Portrait of Nino Keshelava
 
Robert Sturua, Cousins Leniko Sturua & Irika Gogolashvili

Robert Sturua, Portrait of Nino Arsenishvili

Robert Sturua, King Tamar

Robert Sturua, Theatre of City Chiatura - Mural  (photo Mikho Sturua)

Robert Sturua, Theatre of City Chiatura - Mural  (photo Mikho Sturua)

Robert Sturua, Theatre of City Chiatura - Mural  (photo Mikho Sturua)


Robert Sturua, Portrait of Ira Skhirtladze 
Robert Sturua, Portrait of Taso Taktakishvili

Robert Sturua, The Girls

Robert Sturua, Woman and Church





MARTINA NICOLLS is an international aid and development consultant, and the author of:- The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).


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