NIKO PIROSMANI

Rarely seen Pirosmani masterpieces from the Georgian National Museum, accompanying the Fondation Beyelers major exhibition The art of the legendary Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani (18621918) spoke to all, from people otherwise uninterested in art to avant-garde artists and writers. Painted around the turn of the century in a flourishing Tbilisi, his portraits, animal paintings, landscapes and scenes from everyday life draw on medieval iconography and testify to a deeply felt sense of belonging. Like Henri Rousseau or Marc Chagall, Pi...[Llegir més]