Vladimir (Lado) Osmanis Dze Seidishvili (also spelled Seidashvili) (21 January 1931,

Batumi Batumi (; ka, ბათუმი ), historically Batum or Batoum, is the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), second-largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, located on the coast ...

, Georgia – 27 February 2010) was a Georgian

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and

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. In 1956, Seidishvili studied at the Tbilisi Fine Arts Academy, finishing in 1962 with a

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as a

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. That year, he began working at Batumi's national press as an

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. He also wrote poetry, plays, and made stage scenery for the

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. He did so for the plays "Seventh Sky", "Innocent Eye", and "Brave Soldier Shveiko". Seidishvili himself characterized his work as mainly

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ic, though, like many artists from the

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, he painted his early works in the Severe or Rough style, sometimes called "Ugly Realism". It reflects the concept of "narodnost", which essentially means that a

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should be "

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in style and

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in content". At the same time, in Seidishvili's works one can see an archaic native treatment in the almond eyes of his characters, graceful outlining of their figures, and a

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-like quality of composition. The artist admits: "There was always an optimistic light in my works. I've always believed that good times would come." One of Seidishvili's original works, ''The Workers From Batumi'', (1966) can be viewed in the Springville Museum of Art in Utah. This work is also featured in the book ''Hidden Treasures: Russian and Soviet

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by Vern Swanson'' (2001). Lado Seidishvili’s published poetry books include ''Poems'' (1961), ''Sun Noises'' (1963), ''Wreath of Sonnets'' (1972), ''Elesa'' (1969), ''Adam’s Apple'' (1995), ''Poems'' (2001), and ''Requiem'' (2005). Lado Seidishvili died on February 27, 2010, and is interred in the pantheon for celebrated citizens in Batumi, Georgia.

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