1907-1985

Painting, Graphics, Set design

Korneli Sanadze was born in village Khoni, Georgia, in 1907. After graduated from Tbilisi Economical Technical Collage in 1922, he continued studying at Mose Toidze Public Art School. During 1924-1929 he studied at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. From 1934 he was teaching painting in the Academy. Korneli Sanadze was a professor, owner of different awards, among these are Shota Rustaveli awardee.  From 1924 he was the head of Georgian Revolutionist Artists Association - “SARMA”. 

Artworks by Korneli Sanadze are stored in different museums (G. Leonidze State Museum of Georgian Literature, Museum of Shota Rustaveli  Theatre, Zakaria Paliashvili Opera and Ballet Theatre, Adjara  Museum, Sankt-Petersburg State Museum) and private collections. In 2007 he was nominated at Birmingham Auction. Various publications and articles are published about Korneli Sanadze and his work. 

 

Selected Exhibitions:

 

1975 - Solo exhibition

1969 - Georgian Cultural Days, Germany

1958 - Georgian artists exhibition, Riga, Latvia

1937 - Exhibition of Georgian Fine Art, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

1937 - Shota Rustaveli anniversary exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia

1933 - Modern artists exhibition in USA, San-Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, New-York, USA

1932 - Exhibition of 10th anniversary of South Caucasus

1928-  Exhibition of Tbilisi artists, “Orianti”, Tbilisi, Georgia

1926 - Tbilisi State Academy of Arts autumn exhibition, Georgia

1924 - Exhibition of Georgian Artists Association, Tbilisi, Georgia

1922 - Exhibition at Mose Toidze Studio, Tbilisi, Georgia