The Most Famous
SCULPTORS from Georgia
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Georgian Sculptors of all time. This list of famous Georgian Sculptors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Revaz Gabriadze (1936 - 2021)
With an HPI of 55.43, Revaz Gabriadze is the most famous Georgian Sculptor. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Revaz "Rezo" Gabriadze (Georgian: რევაზ [რეზო] გაბრიაძე; 29 June 1936 – 6 June 2021) was a Georgian theatre and film director, playwright, writer, painter, and sculptor. His son, Levan Gabriadze, is also an actor and film director. Gabriadze graduated from the Higher Scriptwriters' Courses in Moscow and worked as a correspondent for the newspaper Youth of Georgia. He began working as a screenwriter for director Georgiy Daneliya and co-wrote some of his most popular films, including Mimino and Kin-dza-dza! Gabriadze also worked as a scenographer, painter, sculptor, and book illustrator. In 1981 he founded a puppet theatre in Kutaisi. He was awarded a USSR State Prize in 1989.
2. Yervand Kochar (1899 - 1979)
With an HPI of 54.37, Yervand Kochar is the 2nd most famous Georgian Sculptor. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Yervand "Kochar" Kocharyan, also known as Ervand Kochar (Armenian: Երվանդ Սիմոնի "Քոչար" Քոչարյան; 1899 – 1979) was a prominent sculptor and modern artist of the twentieth century and a founder of Painting in Space art movement. The Ervand Kochar Museum is located in Yerevan, Armenia and showcases much of his work.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Georgian sculptors born between 1899 and 1936. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Georgian sculptors include Revaz Gabriadze, and Yervand Kochar. As of April 2024, 2 new Georgian sculptors have been added to Pantheon including Revaz Gabriadze, and Yervand Kochar.
