Iakob Nikoladze ( ka, იაკობ ნიკოლაძე; , 1876,

Kutaisi Kutaisi ( ; ka, ქუთაისი ) is a city in the Imereti region of the Georgia (country), Republic of Georgia. One of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, it is the List o ...

– March 10, 1951,

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) was a Georgian nobleman, sculptor and artist. Member of the USSR Academy of Arts from 1947.

Biography

By birth, he was a member of an old Georgian

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aznauri ''Aznauri'' ( ka, აზნაური, ; pl. ''aznaurni'', აზნაურნი, or ''aznaurebi'', აზნაურები) was a class of Georgian nobility. History The word derives from Middle Persian ''āznāvar'', which, in turn, co ...

) family of

Nikoladze The Nikoladze family ( ka, ნიკოლაძე) is an old Nobility of Georgia (country), Georgian noble family (aznauri) known since 14th to 16th century, originating in the Kingdom of Imereti. History The first mention of the name dates ba ...

. The Georgian National Museum, Iakob Nikoladze House Museum is dedicated to his works and was established after his death in his home-studio in his native town of

. The museum houses sculptures, sketches, photo and documentary materials. He also designed the national symbols of the

Democratic Republic of Georgia The Democratic Republic of Georgia (DRG; ka, საქართველოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა, tr) was the first modern establishment of a republic of Georgia (country), Georgia, which exist ...

Awards and honours

* Professor (1934) * People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1946) * State prizes of the USSR (1946, 1948) *

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* Order of the "Badge of Honour" * Award of the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts in Tiflis (1897)

References

Georgian museumsRussian Academy of Arts
Sculptors from Georgia (country) 1876 births 1951 deaths Burials at Mtatsminda Pantheon Soviet sculptors Academic staff of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts Flag designers 20th-century artists from Georgia (country) Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry alumni People from Kutais Governorate Nikoladze family {{Asia-sculptor-stub