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Sigizmund (Ziga) Valishevsky BIOGRAPHY
1897 St. Petersburg - 1936. Known for: Modern painting, French art influence, admiration for old masters, dramatic portraits.
Sigizmund (Ziga) Valishevsky was born in St. Petersburg and grew up in Batumi and Tiflis. As an illustrator he is closely associated with Russian and Georgian Avant-Garde movements, especially with... Read full biography
Sigizmund (Ziga) Valishevsky was born in St. Petersburg and grew up in Batumi and Tiflis. As an illustrator he is closely associated with Russian and Georgian Avant-Garde movements, especially with Futurism, and was a friend of and collaborator with artists and poets such as Lado Gudiashvili, Kiril... Read full biography
Sigizmund (Ziga) Valishevsky was born in St. Petersburg and grew up in Batumi and Tiflis. As an illustrator he is closely associated with Russian and Georgian Avant-Garde movements, especially with Futurism, and was a friend of and collaborator with artists and poets such as Lado Gudiashvili, Kiril and Ilya Zdanevich, Sergei Sudeikin, Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikian and Aleksey Kruchenykh. Being a member of the Syndicate of Futurists, he contributed to the interior decoration of the famous... Read full biography
Sigizmund (Ziga) Valishevsky was born in St. Petersburg and grew up in Batumi and Tiflis. As an illustrator he is closely associated with Russian and Georgian Avant-Garde movements, especially with Futurism, and was a friend of and collaborator with artists and poets such as Lado Gudiashvili, Kiril and Ilya Zdanevich, Sergei Sudeikin, Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikian and Aleksey Kruchenykh. Being a member of the Syndicate of Futurists, he contributed to the interior decoration of the famous Fantastic Tavern (Fantasticheskij Kabachok) and Khimireoni Cabaret in Tiflis, and illustrated many avant-garde publications, including the magazines APS, and Art, almanacs for the Futurist group "41 Degrees," and a variety of books. Valishevsky was also... Read full biography
Sigizmund (Ziga) Valishevsky was born in St. Petersburg and grew up in Batumi and Tiflis. As an illustrator he is closely associated with Russian and Georgian Avant-Garde movements, especially with Futurism, and was a friend of and collaborator with artists and poets such as Lado Gudiashvili, Kiril and Ilya Zdanevich, Sergei Sudeikin, Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikian and Aleksey Kruchenykh. Being a member of the Syndicate of Futurists, he contributed to the interior decoration of the famous Fantastic Tavern (Fantasticheskij Kabachok) and Khimireoni Cabaret in Tiflis, and illustrated many avant-garde publications, including the magazines APS, and Art, almanacs for the Futurist group "41 Degrees," and a variety of books. Valishevsky was also responsible for creating a design for the drop curtain for the Theater of Opera and Ballet in Tiflis. In 1921 Valishevsky moved to K... Read full biography
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Zygmunt Waliszewski
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Sigizmund (Ziga) Valishevsky was born in St. Petersburg and grew up in Batumi and Tiflis. As an illustrator he is closely associated with Russian and Georgian Avant-Garde movements, especially with Futurism, and was a friend of and collaborator with artists and poets such as Lado Gudiashvili, Kiril and Ilya Zdanevich, Sergei Sudeikin, Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikian and Aleksey Kruchenykh.
Being a member of the Syndicate of Futurists, he contributed to the interior decoration of the famous Fantastic Tavern (Fantasticheskij Kabachok) and Khimireoni Cabaret in Tiflis, and illustrated many avant-garde publications, including the magazines APS, and Art, almanacs for the Futurist group "41 Degrees," and a variety of books. Valishevsky ...But wait, there's more...
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