Ketevan Magalashvili (1894-1973)

Ketevan Konstantines asuli Magalashvili 
Georgian: ქეთევან კონსტანტინესასული მაღალაშვილი
19 April 1894 – 30 May 1973
was a Georgian and Soviet painter and art conservator. via Wikipedia

A native of Kutaisi, Magalashvili began her studies at the School of the Caucasian Society of Fine Arts, moving to Moscow in 1915 to study at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. She returned to Georgia in 1917; in 1921 she began working at the library of the National Gallery in Tbilisi.

She traveled to Paris in 1923, enrolling at the Académie Colarossi and remaining there until 1926. In Paris she was studying contemporary French art and developing her technique.

photo: Ketevan Magalashvili, Paris, 1923

Returning once again to Georgia, she became a conservator at the National Gallery. She continued work as a painter, exhibiting with the Union of Artists for much of her career and gaining some notice for her portraits. She died in Tbilisi. via Wikipedia (edited)

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Self-portrait, source x

portrait of Elene Akhvlediani, source x

Ketevan Magalashvili, ქეთევან მაღალაშვილი – ავტოპორტრეტი ტილო, ზეთი. 52X41სმ. 1960 წელი

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ქეთევან მაღალაშვილი – Ketevan Magalashvili

blog entry by Burusi: ქეთევან მაღალაშვილი (2009)

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FIRST GEORGIAN FEMALE PAINTER by finearts ENG

other PAGES (in Georgian) to explore radiotavisupleba, guriismoambe,

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see also:
50 Women of Georgia (2014)

source: feminism-boell.org