Irakli Gamrekeli
Irakli Gamrekeli(Georgian: ირაკლი გამრეკელი; 5 May 1894 – 10 May 1943) was a Georgian set designer and one of the founders of Georgian avant-garde stage design.[1]
Gamrekeli was born in Gori. His talent was discovered during an exhibition of his work by the leading Georgian theatre director Kote Marjanishvili, who was impressed by Gamrekeli's illustrations for Oscar Wilde's Salome. From 1922 to 1943 Gamrekeli worked with the Rustaveli Theatre, first under Marjanishvili and later under Sandro Akhmeteli, where he designed 50 productions, including William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1925), Sandro Shanshiashvili's Anzor (1928), Friedrich Schiller's The Robbers (1933) and Shakespeare's Othello (1937).
Gamrekeli's picturesque designs, noted for their abstract geometric constructions and spacious but sparsely furnished dimensions, helped determine the monumental and heroic style characteristic of the Rustaveli Theatre. Later in his career, in the 1930s and 1940s, Gamrekeli worked for the
He was awarded the title of
Four moquettes of his set design for Werfel's Spiegelmensch (1924/25) are held at the Theaterwissenschaftliche Sammlung of the University of Cologne .
References
- ^ "Irakli Gamrekeli". Modernism in Georgia. Chubinashvili National Research Centre for Georgian Art History and Heritage Preservation.
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- ^ Shavgulidze, Ketevan (April 10, 2010). "Avant-Garde" of Georgian Theater (PDF). Modernism in Georgia: Redrawing the Boundaries. Harriman Institute. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
External links
- Irakli Gamrekeli. Georgian National Filmography.
- Media related to Irakli Gamrekeli at Wikimedia Commons