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Niko Pirosmanashvili
(born Niko Pirosmanashvili; May 5, 1862-1918) was a Georgian primitivist painter.
Pirosmani was born in the Georgian village of Mirzaani to a pleasant family in the Kakheti province. His family owned a small vineyard. He was later orphaned and put in the care of his two elder sisters. He moved with them to Tbilisi in 1870. In 1872 he worked as a servant for wealthy families and learned to read and write Russian and Georgian. In 1876 he returned to Mirzaani and worked as a herdsman.
Pirosmani gradually taught himself to paint. One of his specialties was painting directly into black oilcloth. In 1882 he opened a workshop in Tbilisi which was unsuccessful. In 1890 he worked as a railroad conductor, and in 1895 worked creating signboards. In 1893 he co-founded a dairy farm in Tbilisi which he left in 1901. Throughout his life Pirosmani, who was always poor, was willing to take up ordinary jobs including housepainting and whitewashing buildings. Although his paintings had some local popularity (about 200 survive) his relationship with professional artists remained uneasy; making a living was always more important to him than abstract aesthetics.
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Painting ID:: 77190
A Family of Deer
Medium Oil on cardboard
Dimensions 145 ?? 95 cm (57.1 ?? 37.4 in)
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Painting ID:: 79733
A girl and a goose with goslings
from 1862(1862) until 1918(1918)
Oil on cardboard
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Painting ID:: 80475
Molokani Carousing
Date 1905(1905)
Medium Oil on oilcloth
Dimensions 112 x 179.5 cm (44.1 x 70.7 in)
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Painting ID:: 82651
Threshing floor
1916(1916)
Medium Oil on cardboard
Dimensions 72 x 100 cm (28.3 x 39.4 in)
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Painting ID:: 82705
Sister of mercy
1862(1862) until 1918(1918)
Medium Oil on cardboard
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
(born Niko Pirosmanashvili; May 5, 1862-1918) was a Georgian primitivist painter.
Pirosmani was born in the Georgian village of Mirzaani to a pleasant family in the Kakheti province. His family owned a small vineyard. He was later orphaned and put in the care of his two elder sisters. He moved with them to Tbilisi in 1870. In 1872 he worked as a servant for wealthy families and learned to read and write Russian and Georgian. In 1876 he returned to Mirzaani and worked as a herdsman.
Pirosmani gradually taught himself to paint. One of his specialties was painting directly into black oilcloth. In 1882 he opened a workshop in Tbilisi which was unsuccessful. In 1890 he worked as a railroad conductor, and in 1895 worked creating signboards. In 1893 he co-founded a dairy farm in Tbilisi which he left in 1901. Throughout his life Pirosmani, who was always poor, was willing to take up ordinary jobs including housepainting and whitewashing buildings. Although his paintings had some local popularity (about 200 survive) his relationship with professional artists remained uneasy; making a living was always more important to him than abstract aesthetics.
. Related Artists to Niko Pirosmanashvili: | Nicholaes Berchem | David Octavius Hill | Jean Cotelle | Frederick Mackenzie | August Neven du Mont |
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