Niko Pirosmani Paintings by Daniel Coenn

Description

Self-taught, penniless, and painting on whatever he could find, Niko Pirosmani became the most beloved artist Georgia has ever produced. Niko Pirosmani Paintings gathers his most enchanting works into a beautiful digital gallery, curated by Daniel Coenn as part of the My Pocket Gallery series. Pirosmani (1862–1918) painted tavern signs, feast scenes, proud animals, and solemn portraits in a style of disarming simplicity — flat perspectives, bold outlines, and a directness of feeling that academic training could never teach. Often trading his paintings for food and shelter, he died in poverty in Tbilisi, little known beyond his native Georgia. Yet within a few years of his death, his work was being celebrated by the Russian avant-garde and, eventually, by the world.

What this collection lets you see is why Pirosmani's simplicity is so powerful. Without formal training, he painted the world around him exactly as he experienced it: the long tables of Georgian feasts, the animals he admired, the ordinary people of Tbilisi, all rendered with a sincerity that feels startlingly modern. You will notice how his flat planes and strong outlines — the very things an academy would have corrected — became his signature, and how his pictures of everyday life double as a portrait of Georgian culture at the turn of the twentieth century. The high-resolution reproductions let you study his brushwork up close, while the background notes explain his life, his subjects, and the world he immortalized.

This e-book offers high-resolution reproductions of his most celebrated paintings, with essential background on his life, his subjects, and the Georgian culture he immortalized. Perfect for art students, folk-art lovers, and anyone moved by pure, unaffected creativity. A tender, joyful collection — the art of a man who painted the world exactly as he saw it. Pick up the ebook edition at a discount from Tellebook.

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