Gigo Gabashvili

Gigo Gabashvili Гиго Габашвили
Giorgy "Gigo" Gabashvili
Gabashvili, c. early 1900s
Born	(1862-11-09)November 9, 1862 Tiflis, Georgia, Russian Empire
Died	October 28, 1936(1936-10-28) (aged 73) Tsikhisdziri, Kobuleti Municipality, Soviet Union
Nationality	Georgian
Alma mater	Imperial Academy of Arts Munich Academy of Fine Arts
Movement	Realism, Orientalism

Giorgi "Gigo" Ivanes dze Gabashvili (Georgian: გიორგი [გიგო] ივანეს ძე გაბაშვილი) (November 9, 1862 – October 28, 1936) was a Georgian painter and educator. One of the earliest Georgian representatives of the Realist School of Georgian painting, his work is known for covering a wide range of subjects, landscapes and scenes of everyday life through orientalist lens. Although not widely known in the West, Gabashvili's paintings are highly valued - the artist's late 19th century painting The Bazaar in Samarkand, originally commissioned by Charles Richard Crane, sold for $1.36 million dollars at Christie's in 2006.^[1]