Georgian and Russian self-taught artist, one of the prominent representatives of primitivism and a master of the naive direction in fine art Niko Pirosmanishvili was known not only in his native land, but also throughout the world. Most of his works are signs that were especially popular in Tiflis at the beginning of the XX century. Many of Pirosmani's paintings were exhibited in Western Europe, and his work was highly appreciated by Pablo Picasso.
The Pirosmani Museum Complex in Mirzaani village was founded in 1979, it includes a residential building, outbuildings and an exhibition hall. The exhibition presents fourteen original paintings by the author: "Shota Rustaveli", "Bushes", "Queen Tamara" and "Kalooba". The museum's fund is rich in ethnographic and documentary materials, personal belongings and letters of the artist, manuscripts, tools of labor and everyday life, among which there is a curtain embroidered personally by Niko's mother.
