Decoration Sketch for the play
Drawing
WallArt
Avant-garde
1923
Modern
23.0 x 27.0 cm
Art Palace of Georgia - Museum of Cultural History
Irakli Gamrekeli was a Georgian cinema and theatre painter. He finished the N. Sklofosovsky School of Art and Drawing.From 1921 he collaborated with two great producer-reformers of Georgian theatre K. Marjanishvili and S. Akhmeteli. Gamrekeli actively participated in the artistic life of Tbilisi and was fascinated with avant-garde tendencies. He decorated the Georgian futurist writers’ journal, “H2 SO4.”. The creations of Gamrekeli significantly determined the main artistic tendencies of the Rustaveli Theatre. In different years he collaborated with Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev and Baku Theatres.
iraklii gamrekeli (1894 – 1943)
Discover Iraklii Gamrekeli, Georgian avant-garde set designer! His monumental stage designs & film work (e.g., Hamlet) revolutionized theater. Explore his geometric style.
Art Palace of Georgia - Museum of Cultural History (Tbilisi, Georgia)
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About this artwork
- Title: Decoration Sketch for the play
- Artist: iraklii gamrekeli
- Year: 1923
- Original dimensions: 23.0 x 27.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Art Palace of Georgia - Museum of Cultural History
- Medium: Drawing
- Creative period: Early Period
- Corpus context: avant-garde influences , rustaveli theatre era
Quick Facts
- Subject or theme: Stage design sketch
- Movement: Avant-garde, Futurism
- Dimensions: 23 x 27 cm
- Year: 1923
- Title: Decoration Sketch for the play
- Artist: Iraklii Gamrekeli