Niko Pirosmani
Sam Keller und Daniel Baumann für die Fondation Beyeler / Baumann, Daniel / Djordjadze, Thea / Dvali, Mariam / Jorjadze, Irine / Kipiani, Nana / Robakidse, Grigol / Schengelaia, Demna / Sdanewitsch, Kirill / Shanshiashvili, Ana / Tarischwili, Nino / Wekua, Andro / Solbach, Dan![Niko Pirosmani](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/442/44212871/CHSBZCOP0344212871.jpg)
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. At the same time, the avant-garde recognised a novel and radically new form of painting in his work. Like Henri Rousseau or Marc Chag...