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Simon Virsaladze

1908-12-31 – 1989-02-07

Guido Lauri accoglie a Roma, Simon Virsaladze, scenografo georgiano, e Yuri Grigorovich direttore del ballo al Teatro Bolscioi di Mosca (foto di Anna Maria Paganini, tratta dall'Archivio Lauri a cura di Fabio Grossi), fine anni settanta.Credit: Anna Maria Paganini

Life & Legacy

Simon (Soliko) Virsaladze (Georgian: სოლომონ(სოლიკო) ვირსალაძე; 13 January 1909 – 7 February 1989) was a Georgian and one of the Soviet Union's leading designers of ballet, film and opera. He also worked as collaborator with the founders of Georgian National Ballet company, Iliko Sukhishvili and Nino Ramishvili, in the creation of classic Georgian costumes.

Occupation & Career

painter, scenographer, costume designer, visual artist, theatre designer, artist

Education

Repin Institute of Arts

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Stalin Prize; USSR State Prize; Order of Lenin; People's Painter of the USSR; Order of the Badge of Honour; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Lenin Prize

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Lenin Prize · Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Order of Lenin · Order of the Badge of Honour · People's Painter of the USSR · Stalin Prize · USSR State Prize