Appreciating The Art Museum In Tbilisi

The National Gallery art museum in Tbilisi has some nice national treasures. Time to gaze.

Classic exterior, good wrapping for some goodies inside.

There's a nice park next to the museum and one of the more impressive statues in the space is a grand socialist sculpture holdover from Soviet times. Topless women kicked ass. Labor strife, 1970s style. The bell bottom revolution.

A large gallery room is devoted to the works of Georgia's most beloved painter, Nikoláy Aslánovich Pirosmanashvíli. He worked during the late 1800s, received little recognition while alive, and led a poor life filled with odd jobs. His outsider, folksy depictions of everyday life are now considered iconic, preserving a period of Georgian culture, time, identity.

Here is a small selection of his paintings. Picnic. Display, don't play with your food!

Heroic domestic animals.

Threshing. Dogs and kids stay in the tent.