Arsen Pochkhua was a multifaceted artist and musician. He was born in Kutaisi, Georgia, and lived his entire career in this region. He studied at the Tbilisi State Conservatory and worked as a musician in the Georgian State Symphony Orchestra. Simultaneously with music, he began to engage in art and became a famous engraver, graphic artist and sculptor. Arsene Pochkhua created amazing works of art, including carvings of boxwood, mother of pearl, crystal glass and many other materials. His works were recognized as unique and were presented at exhibitions both in Georgia and abroad.

1. The
Love

3. Arsen Pochkhua Museum, Kutaisi, Georgia

4. Arsen Pochkhua Museum, Kutaisi, Georgia

5. "Grand master Arsen Pochkhua" was the name of the
exhibition organized at the National Museum of Georgia in
2023, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the artist's birth

6. "Grand master
Arsen Pochkhua"
exhibition

7. Arsen Pochkhua was born on August 22, 1923 in the city of Kutaisi (Georgia).
In 1944 - 1949, he studied at the orchestra faculty of the Tbilisi State
Conservatory "V. Sarajishvili" - in the viola class. In 1945 - 1982, he worked
as a musician in the State Symphony Orchestra of Georgia and as a viola and
chamber ensemble teacher in the Tbilisi Music School "D. Arakishvili".
In 1946, the artist Lado Gudiashvili became acquainted with Pochkhua's
graphics and invited him to participate in the painting of the Kvashet Church.
In 1951, Pochkhua participated in the Republican Poster Contest and won
First Prize. Subsequently, he participated in several more republican and all-
Soviet poster exhibitions. In 1955, Pochkhua for the first time exhibited at the
general republican exhibition his works in carving technique - carving on
boxwood and mother-of-pearl. In 1960, he became a member of the Union of
Artists of the USSR. In 1978, at the invitation of the glass factory in Kutaisi,
Pochkhua began his creative experiments with carving on crystal glass - in the
style of the nationally characteristic plastic ornament.
The Arsen Pochkhua House Museum in Kutaisi, Georgia is a place dedicated to
the outstanding Georgian artist and musician Arsen Pochkhua. This unique
museum allows visitors to immerse themselves in the creative world and life of
this remarkable multifaceted artist and musician
His works were recognized as unique and were presented at exhibitions both in Georgia and abroad.

8. Ketevan

9. Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)

10. The
King
Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)

11. Peace,
1974
Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
Autumn,
1973

12. Youth
Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
Begging,
1979

13. Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
Inspiration,
1974
Shota Tamar

14. Arsen Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)

15. Hurt
-
Wood
sculpture
Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
Fresco

16. Arsen Pochkhua (Georgian, 1923-2001)

17. Arsen Pochkhua
(Georgian, 1923-2001)
Old man and children, 1976
Portrait

18. Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
I
see!
Twins
(carving
on
box-wood)
1979

19. The
Testament
of
Avtandil
for
King
Rostevan
Arsen Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
‘And for her
sake for whom I
am burning, I
stove to caress
her’
From 'The Man in
the Panther's Skin'
by Shota Rustaveli

20. Arsen Pochkhua (1923-2001) Wisdom and Beauty The first president of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia

21. Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
The
tea-grower
Winter
and
summer
-
(carving
on
box-wood)
1979

22. Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
The
doves
-
(Carving
on
kolkhi
box-wood)
Thinker

23. Song of the Motherland
Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
The birth of
music,
1970

24. Arsen Pochkhua (Georgian, 1923-2001) Poetry

25. Arsen Pochkhua (Georgian, 1923-2001) Muse
Samaya
(a
dance)
1967

26. Arsen Pochkhua (Georgian, 1923-2001) wood sculpture

27. Arsen Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
wood sculpture

29. Decorative Knife

32. Arsen Pochkhua – Shakespeare Dante Beethoven

33. Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
Pirosmani,
1971
Michelangelo
(carving
on
kolkhi
box-wood)
1978

34. Arsen Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
wood sculpture
Rustaveli
800th
Anniversary

35. Rustaveli
take
up
my
pen
Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
A
sung
sound,
1976

36. Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
Queen Tamar
(carving on
kolkhi box-
wood),
1972

37. Creator's world, 1973
Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
Creativity
-
(The
battle
of
the
four)

38. Chronicler
(Walnut)
1965
Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
Scribe,
1974

39. Arsen Pochkhua (Georgian, 1923-2001) wood sculpture

40. Constructors
of
the
Bagrati
Cathedral,
1977
Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
Builders of
this temple

41. Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
Paradox
Nino
In
the
world
of
rose

42. Arsen
Pochkhua
(Georgian,
1923-2001)
Ketevan

43. Arsen Pochkhua
(Georgian, 1923-2001)
Eternal youth, 1980

44. Arsen Pochkhua
(Georgian, 1923-2001)
Cancer
It will start, 1977
Rememberance

46. Arsen Pochkhua (Georgian, 1923-2001) wood sculpture

47. Saint
George
-
(carving
on
kolkhi
box-wood)
1990

48. Arsen Pochkhua (Georgian, 1923-2001) wood sculpture

49. Sound: Episcope Zenon & Quartet Kesane - As sun incoming in the morning (03)
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