Dimitri Shevardnadze (Georgian: დიმიტრი შევარდნაძე) (December 1, 1885 – 1937) was a Georgian painter, art collector and intellectual purged during Joseph Stalin's repressions.
Born in Bakhvi, a small village in the western Georgian province of Guria, then part of the Russian Empire, he was educated at the art academies of St Petersburg and Munich. Upon his return to Georgia, he founded, in 1916, and led the Association of Georgian Artists. He helped also to establish the National Gallery of Fine Arts (1920) and the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts (1922). He decorated several opera and theatre performances, and movies, and designed an official logo of the Tbilisi State University.
In 1937, the Communist chief of Georgia, Lavrentiy Beria, intended to destroy the medieval Metekhi church in Tbilisi, but met stubborn opposition from a group of Georgian intellectuals led by Dimitri Shevardnadze. Beria replied to their urges, that it would surely be enough to preserve a scale model of the church so that people could see it in a museum, and then told Shevardnadze privately that if he gave up his efforts to save the church he would be appointed director of the future museum. The artist refused and was eventually imprisoned and executed. The church was preserved, however.[2]
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Georgian politician Eduard Shevardnadze was a son of a cousin of Dmitri Shevardnadze.[3]
^. 22 March 2010. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2011.
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dimitri, shevardnadze, georgian, დიმიტრი, შევარდნაძე, december, 1885, 1937, georgian, painter, collector, intellectual, purged, during, joseph, stalin, repressions, დიმიტრი, შევარდნაძე, borndecember, 1885bakhvi, guria, kutais, governorate, russian, empiredied1. Dimitri Shevardnadze Georgian დიმიტრი შევარდნაძე December 1 1885 1937 was a Georgian painter art collector and intellectual purged during Joseph Stalin s repressions დიმიტრი შევარდნაძე Dimitri ShevardnadzeBornDecember 1 1885Bakhvi Guria Kutais Governorate Russian EmpireDied1937Tbilisi Georgian SSRNationalityGeorgianKnown forpainting Contents 1 Life 2 Revolt 3 Family 4 References 5 External linksLife editBorn in Bakhvi a small village in the western Georgian province of Guria then part of the Russian Empire he was educated at the art academies of St Petersburg and Munich Upon his return to Georgia he founded in 1916 and led the Association of Georgian Artists He helped also to establish the National Gallery of Fine Arts 1920 and the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts 1922 He decorated several opera and theatre performances and movies and designed an official logo of the Tbilisi State University In 1917 together with Kirill and Ilia Zdanevich he organized the exhibition of Niko Pirosmanashvili in his apartment 1 nbsp Self portrait of ShevardnadzeRevolt editIn 1937 the Communist chief of Georgia Lavrentiy Beria intended to destroy the medieval Metekhi church in Tbilisi but met stubborn opposition from a group of Georgian intellectuals led by Dimitri Shevardnadze Beria replied to their urges that it would surely be enough to preserve a scale model of the church so that people could see it in a museum and then told Shevardnadze privately that if he gave up his efforts to save the church he would be appointed director of the future museum The artist refused and was eventually imprisoned and executed The church was preserved however 2 Family editGeorgian politician Eduard Shevardnadze was a son of a cousin of Dmitri Shevardnadze 3 References edit Shevardnadze Dimitri Retrieved 2024 02 29 Ami Knight 1993 Beria Stalin s First Lieutenant page 84 Princeton University Press ISBN 0 691 01093 5 ShEVARDNADZE BERIYa UBIL STALINA I RASSTRELYaL DVOYuRODNOGO BRATA MOEGO OTCA 22 March 2010 Archived from the original on April 6 2012 Retrieved September 27 2011 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dimitri Shevardnadze D Shevardnadze The Georgian Museum of Photography Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dimitri Shevardnadze amp oldid 1210999086, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
