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Niko Pirosmani BIOGRAPHY
1862 Kakheti, Georgia - 1918 Tbilisi, Georgia. Known for: Landscape, portrait, animal and rural life painting.
From Georgia, a former Soviet Republic, Niko Pirosmani became a self-taught, 'primitive' painter of portraits, landscapes, animals and rural scenes, many of them reflecting his childhood background... Read full biography
From Georgia, a former Soviet Republic, Niko Pirosmani became a self-taught, 'primitive' painter of portraits, landscapes, animals and rural scenes, many of them reflecting his childhood background of growing up in the late 19th century. His method, totally unique to him, was painting on black... Read full biography
From Georgia, a former Soviet Republic, Niko Pirosmani became a self-taught, 'primitive' painter of portraits, landscapes, animals and rural scenes, many of them reflecting his childhood background of growing up in the late 19th century. His method, totally unique to him, was painting on black oilcloth. He was raised near the village of Kakheti on a small farm that also had a vineyard but spent most of his life in the large city of Tiflis, now called Tbilisi, where he arrived as an orphan... Read full biography
From Georgia, a former Soviet Republic, Niko Pirosmani became a self-taught, 'primitive' painter of portraits, landscapes, animals and rural scenes, many of them reflecting his childhood background of growing up in the late 19th century. His method, totally unique to him, was painting on black oilcloth. He was raised near the village of Kakheti on a small farm that also had a vineyard but spent most of his life in the large city of Tiflis, now called Tbilisi, where he arrived as an orphan youth. In that town, he became very well known and locally appreciated. It is written that "He was much sought after, his signs were a feature of the streets in the railway district of Tiflis, and his paintings adorned the interiors of countless... Read full biography
From Georgia, a former Soviet Republic, Niko Pirosmani became a self-taught, 'primitive' painter of portraits, landscapes, animals and rural scenes, many of them reflecting his childhood background of growing up in the late 19th century. His method, totally unique to him, was painting on black oilcloth. He was raised near the village of Kakheti on a small farm that also had a vineyard but spent most of his life in the large city of Tiflis, now called Tbilisi, where he arrived as an orphan youth. In that town, he became very well known and locally appreciated. It is written that "He was much sought after, his signs were a feature of the streets in the railway district of Tiflis, and his paintings adorned the interiors of countless establishments on the streets. He even had his patrons and followers who collected and cherished his works (some col... Read full biography
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From Georgia, a former Soviet Republic, Niko Pirosmani became a self-taught, 'primitive' painter of portraits, landscapes, animals and rural scenes, many of them reflecting his childhood background of growing up in the late 19th century. His method, totally unique to him, was painting on black oilcloth. He was raised near the village of Kakheti on a small farm that also had a vineyard but spent most of his life in the large city of Tiflis, now called Tbilisi, where he arrived as an orphan youth.
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