Pirosmani's paintings
A unique naive style.
Niko Pirosmani — Public domain · Aleksandr Zykov — CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kober — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kober — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Phyrexian — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kober — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kober — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gorod - SKY — CC BY 2.0
A modern museum in the centre of Sighnaghi, part of the Georgian National Museum, combining the archaeology of Kakheti since antiquity with paintings by Niko Pirosmani, Georgia's best-loved painter, who was born in the village of Mirzaani in Kakheti, not far from the town. Pirosmani, who lived from 1862 to 1918, painted scenes of everyday Georgian life in a simple, naive style with striking dark tones, from feasts and peasants to animals such as lions, giraffes and deer, often on black oilcloth. The museum holds an important collection of his work. The archaeology halls show Bronze Age and Iron Age finds from Kakheti, including small bronze deer figurines and a model of a horse-drawn chariot, along with pottery, jewellery and weapons, plus ethnographic displays on traditional life in the region. Tickets are about 20 GEL for foreign visitors per visitor guides, and the museum usually closes on Mondays. About an hour is enough, and it makes a good stop on a rainy day or before wandering the town's lanes.
A unique naive style.
Deer and chariots.
Kakhetian displays.
Centre of Sighnaghi old town
A self-taught Georgian painter (1862-1918), born in Mirzaani in Kakheti, famous for feasts and animals on dark backgrounds, who won fame only after his death.
