Iakob Nikoladze (1876–1951) was a Georgian sculptor and
artist.
The Georgian National Museum, Iakob Nikoladze House Museum
is dedicated to his works and was established after his death in his
home-studio in his native town of Kutaisi. The museum houses sculptures,
sketches, photo and documentary materials.
His first artistic training Nikoladze received at the Moscow
Stroganov Art School and the painting
school of Odessa. In 1899 he went to Paris, where he attended the Academy of Fine Arts for some time studying as a student of Auguste
Rodin. After returning to Georgia, he became a professor at the Tbilisi Art
Academy during the 1920s.
Nikoladze designed the national flag of the Democratic
Republic of Georgia (1918-1921), which became the flag of Georgia again after Georgia's
independence from 1991 to 2004. In 1939 he joined the Communist Party.
A large part of his work are portraits, including representations of Lenin and Stalin .
Nikoladses ashes were buried on the Pantheon on Mount
Mtatsminda in Tbilisi.
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