Background
He was born in the village of Kobiaantkari in the Dusheti District, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of eastern Georgia.
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This is the continuing story of George Papashvily and his adventures in America. this is the story of his friends who happened to be animals. Some were casual acquaintances--like the griffin who escaped from mythology, the gift elephant, the deer that came calling with his new bride.
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This book is part history and part cookbook and is part of the Foods of the Worlds collection. The contents include: The Bygone Days of the Czars; The Glory that Easter Celebrates; The Cuisine of the People; The Baltic States; Ukraine Breadbasket and Sugar Bowl; The Caucasus; From the Steppes of Central Asia.
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He was born in the village of Kobiaantkari in the Dusheti District, Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of eastern Georgia.
According to his autobiography, he apprenticed as a swordmaker and ornamental leatherworker.
After service as a sniper in the Russian army in World War I, he immigrated to the United States. in the early 1920s, and thereafter lived and worked in the United States. Papashvily succeeded both as a sculptor and as an author He was also a gifted engineer and inventor. Together they wrote several books, often based on his life experiences.
Their first book was Anything Can Happen (1945), which recounted Papashvily"s experiences as a penniless immigrant.
Originally published in a serialized format in Common Ground and Direction magazines, this book was co-selected for the Book of the Month Club and was a best-seller, selling more than 600,000 copies in the United States. and 1.5 million worldwide. lieutenant was translated into 15 foreign languages, including Georgian (in 1966).
lieutenant was made into a movie in 1952, starring Jose Ferrer as George and Kim Hunter as Helen. Papashvily died in 1978 in Cambria, California.
With no formal training, Papashvily began carving in 1940.
He soon developed a signature style that was a combination of naive and modern. He carved directly in wood and stone, sculpting free-standing figures and bas relief. His favorite subjects came from nature: animals, flowers, and an occasional human figure.
Among his most famous works are:
War"s End (1946)
Pigeons (1948, Hazleton League)
Ram (1951)
Butterfly (1952, Woodmere Gallery)
Horse (1955, National Gallery of the Republic of Georgia)
Animal (1957, Reading Public Museum and Gallery)
Apple (1959)
Bear Cub with Frog (1966, Oak Lane Branch Free Library of Philadelphia)
Papashvily exhibited widely in solo exhibitions and with painters who were his friends.
American ist magazine, October, 1955. George Papashvily: Sculptor, a retrospective catalogue with an introduction by Charles H. Muhlenberg, Pennsylvania, 1979.
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