Giorgi Chubinashvili ( ka, გიორგი ჩუბინაშვილი; November 21, 1885 – January 14, 1973) was a Georgian art historian. Born in St. Petersburg,

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he studied

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at the universities of

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and

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(1907–12), and Georgian-

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- Persian philology at the Petrograd University (1916–17). Returning to Georgia, he served as a professor at the Tbilisi State University (1918–31, 1937–48). He was one of the founding fathers and the first rector of

Tbilisi State Academy of Arts The Tbilisi State Academy of Arts ( ka, თბილისის სახელმწიფო სამხატვრო აკადემია) is one of the oldest universities in Georgia and Caucasus. It is located in central Tbilisi near ...

(former Fine Arts (1922–28). From 1941 until his death, he directed the Institute of the History of Georgian Arts at the Georgian Academy of Sciences (now the National Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation) which has been named after him. His works are chiefly focused on medieval Georgian and Armenian architecture, as well as on wall painting and sculpture.

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National Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation. Accessed on September 16, 2007. 1885 births 1973 deaths Art historians 20th-century historians from Georgia (country) Tbilisi State University faculty Leipzig University alumni Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg alumni Tbilisi State Academy of Arts faculty Members of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences Expatriates from the Russian Empire in Germany {{Georgia-historian-stub