Omar Chkhaidze
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Omar Chkhaidze (born 16 April 1944) is a Russian painter and artist.
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Chkhaidze studied with various artists in Georgia and the USSR. Omar graduated from Art School in 1966, then attended the Academy of Arts in Tbilisi in 1973.
Chkhaidze has been exhibiting annually since he was a student; in Tbilisi, Georgia and Moscow. International exhbitions include:
- 1969 - Leningrad
- 1970 - Paris
- 1992 - Austria
- 1993 - Germany
- 1999 - The Netherlands
- 2001 - Italy
- 2002 - New York, Germany
- 2003 - The Netherlands
- 2004 - London, Australia
Paintings by Omar Chkhaidze are in museums in Russia, Georgia and in the collection of the Pope in the Vatican. His work is also in the collection of many European galleries as well as private collections. Chkhaidze runs a personal gallery in Moscow and has published a monograph of his work.
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[edit] Art style
Chkhaidze's work is thoroughly Modernist in style and shows influences from artists such as Modigliani, Miro, Klee and the Cubists. His subject matter, largely, is the human head; usually drawn in line on an earth-tone ground. His paintings are Christian in overtone and can be divided into two categories:
One is the traditional Madonna and Child brushed in Matisse like calligraphy on a ground reminiscent of Klee.
The other works are Surrealist or Cubist in nature with similarly spiritual themes.
[edit] Painting technique
Chkhaidze builds the paint up on the canvas in many, sometime hundreds, of layers using the finest artist quality materials available. This, he hopes, will retard their deterioration over time.
[edit] Paintings by Omar Chkhaidze
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[edit] References
More of Omar Chkhaidze's work can be seen at this address:
The work of more Georgian artists can be found at the addresses below:
