User:Zurab Nizharadze (Piko)

Mr. Zurab Nizharadze (Piko), one of the most popular and recognized painters in Georgia, was born on 4-th of December of 1928 in Tbilisi, Georgia. He graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts.

Zurab Nizharadze (Piko): - National Painter of Georgia; - Professor of Tbilisi Academy of Arts; - honorary Member of the Academy of of Arts of Russian Federation; - Rustaveli Award; - National Award of Georgia; - Rector of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts (1982-1987);

Also worked as a theatre-designer at Tbilisi State Theatre of Opera and Ballet. - Otar taktakishvili opera "First Love" - 1982; - Richard Strauss "Salome" - 1985; - Ballet staged by Vivaldi music "Seasons".

Piko has illustrated a number of books sach as Luis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland", Aristphane's "The Birds", Shakespeare's "Henry VI", Rableais' "Garagantua at Pantagrulle" Etc.

Works of Piko's was exhibited widely his paintings: Georgia, Austria, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Russia, Greece, Yugoslavia, Sweden Etc.

Piko's paintings are in a collection the State museum of Arts, the Museum of the Modern Art, the Museum of theatre and cinema; of Moscow: The State Tretyakov Gallery, the Museum of people of the East, National gallery in Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of the Modern Art Ludwig in Germany and as in private collections of USA, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, other countries of the world.