A native of Kutaisi , Magalashvili began her studies at the School of the Caucasian Society of Fine Arts , moving to Moscow in 1915 to study at the Moscow School of Painting , Sculpture , and Architecture , where her instructors included Konstantin Korovin and Nikolay Kasatkin . She returned to Georgia in 1917 ; in 1921 she began working at the library of the National Gallery in Tbilisi , where Dimitri Shevardnadze , became a supporter . She traveled to Paris in 1923 , enrolling at the Académie Colarossi and remaining there until 1926 . In Paris she moved in the same circles as Elene Akhvlediani , Lado Gudiashvili , and David Kakabadze , studying contemporary French art and developing her technique . Returning once again to Georgia , she became a conservator at the National Gallery , leaving the post after Shevardnadze 's execution in 1937 . She continued work as a painter , exhibiting with the Union of Artists for much of her career and gaining some notice for her portraits . She died in Tbilisi
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Ketevan Magalashvili