Niko Pirosmani / Nikolos Pirosmanaschwili

Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918), also known as Nikolos Pirosmanashvili, is considered one of Georgia’s most significant artists. Many of the reports about Pirosmani’s life are likely legends rather than based on fact. His oeuvre has been making an international comeback thanks to positive appraisals by art historians since the 2000s.