felix varlamishvili (varla)
B. 1903, Kutaisi, Georgia.
D. 1986, Paris, France.
Education:
1920 Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1926 Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Solo Exhibitions:
1933 Gallery Speranza, Paris, Frace.
1947 Gallery Roux-Hentschel, Paris, France.
1951 Viau’s Gallery, Buenos-Aires, Argentina.
1952/1958/1959 Gallery Drouot, Paris, France.
1959 Gallery Forum Monte Carlo, Monaco.
1959/1960/1961 Grete Williams Gallery, San Francisco, USA.
1963 Gallery Galaxy, Detroit, USA.
1970 Takashimaya Gallery, Kyoto, Japan.
Gallery Vian, Tokyo, Japan.
1977 Simon van Dormael Gallery, Brussels, Belgium.
Monaco, Monte Carlo.
1981/1983/1985 Galerie Nettis, Le Touquet, France.
1986 Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi, Georgia.
1987 David Kakabadze Fine Art Gallery, Kutaisi, Georgia.
2009 ‘Varla’, Vernissage Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2015 Vernissage Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2018 ‘Varla – 115,’ Chardin Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2019 The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2021 ‘Felix Varla (1903 – 1986),’ Chardin Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Group Exhibitions:
1945 The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Salon d’Automne, Paris, France.
1970 Maison Matzuzakaya, Tokyo, Japan.
Biennale de Menton, Menton, France.
Salon de Tuileris, Paris, France.
Salon des Independants, Paris, France.
Salon d’Automne, Paris, France.
1977 The National Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Parnas Gallery, Cannes, France.
1980 Continental Fine Art Gallery, USA, New York.
Gallery Dandoy, Belgium.
Gallery IAE, Tehran, Iran.
2000 ‘From Generation to Generation,’ Modern Art Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2005 ‘Fantastic City,’ Baia Gallery, Vernissage Gallery, TBC Bank, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2008 ‘The XX Century – Starting Space,’ Georgian Modernism from Private Collections, Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Vernissage Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2010 ‘The Twentieth Century Georgian Painting from the Private Collections and Contemporary Artists,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi Georgia.
2017 ‘Collector,’ Silk Factory Studio, Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
‘Rarity,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi Georgia.
2019 ‘Expo 1919–2019,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia
2020 ‘Kirill Zdanevich and His Era,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2020 – 2021 ‘Art Expo XX-XXI,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
2021– 2022 ‘Elene Akhvlediani and Her Era,’ Baia Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Vernissage Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia.
Achievements:
1926 Founded a private art school in Tbilisi, Georgia.
1928 Lived in France and Argentina.
1947 The French government purchased three of the artist’s works.
1952 Moved to live in Paris.
1980 Participated in exhibitions in Belgium, Japan, and Iran.
1983 The PARIBAS Bank purchased his works in France.
1987 After the death of the artist, the first personal exhibition was arranged in Georgia. Bequeathed by the artist, ten works of the artist, presented at the exhibition, were handed to the Museum of Fine Arts by his wife.
1988 The art dealer Paul Sönenberg published Varla’s catalog.
2009 The highest auction price – 39,785 USD. Millon & Associes, Paris, France.
PHOTO VIA: PAATA NATSVLISHVILI