Niko Pirosmani (1862 - 1918) - Georgia (Mirzaani)
Naive Art / Primitivism, Naive Art / Primitivism
Niko Pirosmani (Georgian: ნიკო ფიროსმანი), simply referred to as Nikala (ნიკალა) (1862–1918), was a Georgian primitivist painter who posthumously rose to prominence. Pirosmani was born in the Georgian village of Mirzaani to a peasant family in Kakheti province. His parents, Aslan Pirosmanashvili and Tekle Toklikishvili, were farmers, who owned a sm......
Elizabeth Otis Marshall Dannelly (1838 - 1896) - Georgia (Monticello)
Elizabeth Otis Dannelly (June 13, 1838 – March 21, 1896) was an American Southern poet. Born in Georgia, she wrote, Cactus, or Thorns and Blossoms and Wayside Flowers. Elizabeth Otis Marshall was born in Monticello, Georgia, June 13, 1838. Her father, Jackson Marshall, was a native of Augusta, Georgia. On her mother's side, she descended from an ol......