Author: Baumann, Daniel
Title: Niko Pirosmani
Description: Riehen / Basel, Fondation Beyeler, 2023. Softcover. Gray softcover book with white lettering down a black and gray spine. "Unknown to many, Niko Pirosmani is revered as a legend in his native Georgia. Conveying a sense of poignant empathy, his portraits, animal paintings, landscapes and scenes from everyday life painted around 1900 in a flourishing Tbilisi draw on medieval iconography and testify to a deeply felt sense of belonging. Like Henri Rousseau or Marc Chagall, Pirosmani is one of the exceptional yet difficult to categorize proponents of early modern art. This catalogue demonstrates Pirosmani's qualities in numerous illustrations, showing how his rapid brushstrokes on a black oilcloth give the sparsely applied colors a glow as if coming from a dark depth. Pirosmani was a master of concentration--and a storyteller. As expertly explained in this catalogue by a selection of Georgian art historians, he was a unique artist, a contradictory figure and an important part of the art scene in Tbilisi, then considered the 'Paris of the East.'" Contents are as follows: Foreword and Acknowledgments -- Niko Pirosmani: An Introduction / Daniel Baumann -- Prologue: An Apologia for Tbilisi (1927) / Demna Shengelaia -- Niko Pirosmani (1862-1918) / Mariam Dvali -- Niko Pirosmanashvili (1926) / Kirill Zdanevich -- Sources in Niko Pirosmani's Art / A Conversation between Ana Shanshiashvili and Daniel Baumann -- Niko Pirosmani (1926) / Grigol Robakidze -- Works -- "Brother Donkey": Niko Pirosmanashvili / Nana Kipiani -- Roe Deer by a Stream / Andro Wekua -- Losing Myself in Pirosmani / Thea Djordjadze -- Niko Pirosmani: A Contribution from Kisiqi (1922) / Nino Tarishvili -- Niko Pirosmanashvili: A History of Receptions / Irina Jorjadze -- List of Works. VG+: As new in shrinkwrap .

Keywords: European Artists ; Pirosmani, Niko ; ;


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