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Niko Pirosmanashvili
The Russo-Japanese War
131 x 103 cm (51.6 x 40.6 in)
Oil painting on oilcloth
pre 1919
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
Kakhetian Epos - Alasan Valley
1895-1906
Medium Oil painting on oilcloth
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
Walking Gazelle
62 X 55 cm (24.4 X 21.7 in)
c. 1909
Medium English: Oil painting on oilcloth
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
A Doe Walking
68 X 82 cm (26.8 X 32.3 in)
Oil painting on cardboard
1900s(1900s)
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
Organ-Grinder
pre 1919
Medium oil on oilcloth
Dimensions 47 X 107 cm (18.5 X 42.1 in)
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
Reclining Woman
114 X 95 cm (44.9 X 37.4 in)
Oil painting on oilcloth
pre 1919
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
Six-Scene Panel
pre 1919
Medium oil on oilcloth
Dimensions 380 X 180 cm (149.6 X 70.9 in)
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
A Robber with a Stolen Horse
oil on oilcloth
Dimensions 90 X 112 cm
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
Village
Village
Date 1916(1916)
Medium English: Oil painting on cardboard
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
Nanny Goat
Nanny Goat
Date pre 1919
Medium English: Oil painting on cardboard
80 X 49 cm (31.5 X 19.3 in)
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
A Ram
100 X 80 cm (39.4 X 31.5 in)
A Ram
Date pre 1919
Medium English: Oil painting on cardboard
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
Brooder with Chicks
79 X 67 cm (31.1 X 26.4 in)
Brooder with Chicks
Date pre 1919
Medium English: Oil painting on cardboard
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
A Shepherd with His Flock
from 1862(1862) until 1918(1918)
Medium oil on oilcloth
Dimensions 110 X 138 cm (43.3 X 54.3 in)
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
A Doe against Landscape
72 X 99 cm (28.3 X 39 in)
1913(1913)
Medium English: Oil painting on oilcloth
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
A Ram
1900s
Medium Oil painting on oilcloth
Dimensions 80 X 49 cm (31.5 X 19.3 in)
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
Sarkis Pouring Wine
Oil on oil-cloth, 92x101 cm
pre 1919
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
Giraffe
1900s
Medium Oil painting on oilcloth
Dimensions 112 X 138 cm (44.1 X 54.3 in)
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Niko Pirosmanashvili
Giorgi Saakadze
1913(1913)
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| Niko Pirosmanashvili
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(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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