Пиросманашвили, Николай Асланович

Painter

Born Mirzaani (Georgia), 1862

Died Moscow, 5 May 1918

Pirosmani (Born Nikala Piromanashvili) moved 1870 from his peasant background to Tiflis where he worked as a domestic. In 1876 he returned to his native village and worked as a herdsman. He had no formal education and as a primitivist painter rose posthumously to prominence.

1969

1983

1985

1988