Merab Berdzenishvili

Berdzenishvili on a 2023 stamp of Georgia
Hermann Gmeiner with children, a statue by Berdzenishvili in Imst, Austria

Merab Berdzenishvili (Georgian: მერაბ ბერძენიშვილი; June 10, 1929 – September 17, 2016) was a Georgian sculptor and artist. He received many awards including the Shota Rustaveli Prize in 1975[1] and the USSR State Prize in 1976.[2]

Berdzenishvili received multiple awards during his career including People’s Artist of the Soviet Union (1987).[3] In 1995 he was awarded the State Prize of Georgia for the monument commemorating the battle of Didgori.[4]

In 2009, one of his largest works, a monument commemorating the Great Patriotic War, was demolished to make way for the Georgian Parliament Building in Kutaisi. During the demolition, a mother and her daughter were killed by flying masonry.[5] Later that year, the sculpture was reconstructed in Moscow.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "От Комитета по Государственным премиям Грузинской ССР имени Шота Руставели" (PDF). Zarya Vostoka. No. 47. 25 February 1975. p. 3.
  2. ↑ "Постановление ЦК КПСС и Совета Министров СССР О ПРИСУЖДЕНИИ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫХ ПРЕМИЙ СССР В ОБЛАСТИ ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ, ИСКУССТВА И АРХИТЕКТУРЫ 1976 ГОДА" (PDF). Sovetskaya kultura (in Russian). No. 90. 7 November 1976. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "Berdzenishvili Merab". art.gov.ge. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "მერაბ ბერძენიშვილი – ბიოგრაფია". ბურუსი - BURUSI (in Georgian). 25 March 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Soviet-Era Monument Demolished In Georgia". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Mayor: Georgian Monument To Be Rebuilt". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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