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Self-portrait of David Kakabadze

1889 - 1952

David Kakabadze

დავით კაკაბაძე

Pioneer of Georgian modernism and experimental image-making

Biography

David Kakabadze studied natural sciences in Saint Petersburg before moving through Georgian symbolism, Cubism, abstraction, and stage design. His Paris years placed him in direct conversation with the European avant-garde while his landscapes kept returning to Imereti.

Kakabadze also made experimental films and optical devices, giving his art a technical curiosity that remains rare in Georgian modernism.

Selected works

3 works on display

Self-Portrait with Mirror by David Kakabadze

Self-Portrait with Mirror

1913

Source: Wikimedia Commons
Imereti - My Mother by David Kakabadze

Imereti - My Mother

1918

Source: Wikimedia Commons
Constructive Composition by David Kakabadze

Constructive Composition

1924

Source: Wikimedia Commons