{"product_id":"niko-pirosmani-9783775755146","title":"Niko Pirosmani","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Legendary Artist Revisited\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnknown to many, \u003cem\u003eNiko Pirosmani\u003c\/em\u003e 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 Chagall, Pirosmani is one of the exceptional yet difficult to categorise proponents of early modern art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis catalogue demonstrates Pirosmani's qualities in numerous illustrations, showing how his rapid brushstrokes on black oilcloth give the sparsely applied colours a glow as if coming from a dark depth. Pirosmani was a master of concentration—and a storyteller. As expertly explained in the 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461200429292,"sku":"9783775755146","price":145.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783775755146-niko-pirosmani.jpg?v=1774961977","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/niko-pirosmani-9783775755146","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}