Georgy Konstantinovich Totibadze
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Georgy Totibadze | |
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 Autoportrait of Georgy Totibadze | |
| Born | 29 October 1928 |
| Died | 8 April 2010 (aged 81) |
| Resting place | Didube Pantheon, Tbilisi |
| Education | Ucha Japaridze |
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Georgy Konstantinovich Totibadze (Georgian: გოგი კონსტანტინეს ძე თოთიბაძე; 29 October 1928 – 8 April 2010) was a Georgian painter.[1] He was a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts 1975-2010.[2],[3]
Youth and career
Georgy Totibadze was born on 29 October 1928 in Tbilisi.[2],[3] He lived at 11 Zanduleki Street in Tbilisi with his parents and his sister Nana. His father, Konstantin Antonovich Totibadze, was a physics teacher and his mother, Elena Khundadze, was a Georgian language teacher in a secondary school.[4],[5]
In 1947, Georgy Totibadze begins to study arts and painting at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. with teacher Ucha Japaridze,[2] before receiving his diploma in 1953.[6] In 1959, he obtained the title of professor[7] and created his own artist workshop. He has been named rector of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts from 1972 to 1982, where he taught arts and painting. Among his students was Gia Bugadze. He will then become an active member of the USSR Academy of Arts in 1975.[2],[3]
He deceased on 8 April 2010 and rests in the Didube Pantheon in Tbilisi.[8],[9]
Personal life
His first spouse was Nana Apollonovna Kutateladze (1946-2015), daughter of Apollon Kutateladze. Their children were Georgy and Konstantin Totibadze, who will later become painters, and Maria Totibadze, designer and fashion stylist.[10],[11] His second spouse,[12] Tsisana Bejanovna Tstishvili (1937-2017)[13] was an opera singer.[14]
