Niko Pirosmani

The reason why we went to Signakhi was to see this portion of the National Museum. Below are the works of Pirosmani:

Niko Pirosmanashvili also known as Niko Pirosmani is a late 19th-early 20th century primitivist painter. He paints mainly animals, people dining, and people serving food (typical Georgian scenes). He was born in the Georgian village of Mirzaani to a peasant family in the Kakheti province, where the museum is located. He was orphaned as a child and put in the care of his two elder sisters. He moved with them toTbilisi 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. He gradually learned painting. Pirosmani is also known for a romantic encounter with a French actress who visited his town; Pirosmanashvili was deeply in love with her, and to show his love, bought her enough flowers to fill the square in front of her hotel window (allegedly driving himself bankrupt).


the deer


Classic Georgian supra scene


Doctor on the donkey


the Lion