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Front: Niko Pirosmani (1860-1918), Georgian artist

Pirosmani was a self-learned artist. He painted on a black oilcloth. His paintings have a monumental character and are at the same time very intimate, warm with sentiment.

Back: Arial view of Tbilisi

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Front: Zakaria Paliashvili (1871-1933), Georgian composer

Zakaria Paliashvili was founder of the Georgian school of national musical composition. He later became the first Georgian rector of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire.

Back: Tbilisi National Opera and Ballet Theater

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Front: Akaki Tsereteli (1840-1915), Georgian poet

Tsereteli was born in western Georgia, son of Prince Rostom Tsereteli. Tsereteli graduated from the Kutaisi Gymnasium in 1852 and the University of Petersburg Faculty of Oriental Languages in 1863. Prince Tsereteli was a close friend of Prince Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian progressive intellectual youth leader. The two of them led a generation of youth protested against the Tsarist regime and campaigned for cultural revival and self-determination of the Georgians.

Tsereteli wrote hundreds of patriotic, historical, lyrical and satiric poems, also humoristic stories and autobiographic novel. He was actively involved in many educational, journalistic and theatrical activities.

Back: Woman seated on stump spinning yarn with a crop spindle