Painter, graphic artist, theater artist, people's artist of the Georgian SSR (1960). He studied at the Tbilisi OH G. I. Gabashvili (1922), Italy and Paris (1922-1927). Master of landscape: numerous species of Tbilisi (including the series "Old and new Tbilisi", 1961-1967), Kutaisi (series "New Georgia"), Czechoslovak series (1959), etc. were illustrations to the works of E. Ninoshvili, I. Chavchavadze, G. Longfellow (1930), Vazha Pshavela (1951), etc. Issued a number of movies, and over 60 productions, including over 25 in the Theater. K. A. Mardzhanishvili in Tbilisi ("Three fat men", 1931; "Madam San Zhen", 1940; "the Landlady", 1952; "Much ADO about nothing", 1963, etc.), "masquerade" (1956) the Theatre of Opera in ballet. T. G. Shevchenko in Kiev, "Mother" (1957) in the Theater of Opera and ballet. S. M. Kirov in Leningrad.