A repressed Polish painter in Soviet Georgia during Stalin’s terror Kirill Zdanevich
Journal Title: Pro Georgia. Journal of Kartvelological Studies - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 28
Abstract
Kirill Zdanevich was a polish origin painter, graphic artist, and scene -designer. He was born in 1892 near Tiflis. Kirill Zdanevich got education in Russia and Europe. In 1912 moved to St. Petersburg, where he entered the Higher Art Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture under the Imperial Academy of Arts. One year later (1913) he headed to Paris to continue studying and actively involved in the European artistic society. After the First World War started he was called up for military service. Together with his brother Ilya Zdanevich he brought avant-garde art in Georgia for the first time and discovered a uniqueness of the works of the Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani. After this unexpected discovery Kirill Zdanevich organized the first exhibition of Niko Pirosmani’s works at his home for the Georgian public. He did not spare his efforts to popularize Pirosmani’s output in Georgia and Europe as well. In 1947 he was arrested as a spy and deported to Siberia. Being into exile slowed his activity, where had been about for 10 years. The article is based largely on the oral history interview recorded with Karaman Kutateladze, grandson of Kirill Zdanevich in Tbilisi in 2014.
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Maka Khutsishvili
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