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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Artwork framed.
- Dimensions : 20.1x16.9in
About this artwork
“The Annunciation” (1987) depicts the sacred encounter between Mary and the Archangel Gabriel — a pivotal moment that marks the threshold between divine message and human acceptance.
Created in 1987, this work belongs to the artist’s early mature period and is one of the few surviving paintings from that time that remains in the artist’s personal collection.
In this painting, Besik Arbolishvili reinterprets classical Christian iconography through… a restrained symbolic language, integrating the figures into a timeless landscape that emphasizes spiritual continuity rather than historical narrative.
Early works of this nature are particularly valued for their rarity, as they reveal the foundations of the artist’s later, fully developed visual language and spiritual themes.
Created in 1987, this work belongs to the artist’s early mature period and is one of the few surviving paintings from that time that remains in the artist’s personal collection.
In this painting, Besik Arbolishvili reinterprets classical Christian iconography through… a restrained symbolic language, integrating the figures into a timeless landscape that emphasizes spiritual continuity rather than historical narrative.
Early works of this nature are particularly valued for their rarity, as they reveal the foundations of the artist’s later, fully developed visual language and spiritual themes.
Besik Arbolishvili
Georgia
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Experienced Artist
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« For viewers who like art-it’s beauty. For an artist it’s like a machine of time. »
Besik Arbolishvili (b. 1955, Georgia) is a Georgian painter whose career spans over four decades. He graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in Art History and Pedagogy (1981), and later in Fine Arts (1986). A representative of the 1980s generation of Georgian artists, his work reflects the shift from Soviet realism toward more symbolic and introspective forms. His practice includes portraiture, still life, landscape, and compositions with spiritual or mythological themes. Arbolishvili’s visual language is marked by tonal subtlety and structural harmony, drawing on Georgian traditions and broader European influences. Since 1976, he has exhibited in Georgia and abroad, including Germany, the UK, Russia, France, Turkey, Italy, Kuwait, and the USA. His works are held in collections such as the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery (Tbilisi), the Otto Pankok Museum (Germany), and the Moscow Museum of Oriental Art. Besik's artowrk, "Winter”, was selected for the Samsung The Frame online catalog and is available on the Samsung Frame platform.