Vera pagava biography

Vera Pagava

Georgian artist

Vera Pagava

Born(1907-02-27)27 February 1907

Tbilisi, Georgia

Died25 March 1988(1988-03-25) (aged 81)

Ivry-sur-Seine, France

Known forpainting
MovementAbstract art
Websiteac-vp.com

Vera Pagava (Georgian: ვერა ფაღავა; 27 February 1907 – 25 March 1988) was a Georgian artist based in Paris.

Early life

Vera Pagava was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her father was a lawyer; her mother was an educator.

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She moved to Berlin, Germany with her family in 1920, just months before Georgia became part of the Soviet Union. In 1923, they join the Georgian community in exile in France and settle in Montrouge. Vera Pagava studied decorative arts and painting first at the Arts et Publicité School, at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, then at André Lhote Studio.[1] From 1932 to 1939, she studied under Roger Bissière in the Academie Ranson.[2]

Career

In 1938 and 1939 Paga Vera Pagava - Wikipedia KUDUX