Pyotr Gruzinsky

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The mountaineers leave the aul, by P. N. Gurzinsky, 1872
The mountaineers leave the aul, by P. N. Gurzinsky, 1872

Pyotr Nikolayevich Gruzinsky (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Грузинский; literally "Peter of Georgia"; 1837-1892) was a Russian artist of Georgian origin known for his paintings of battle scenes from the Caucasus War. He was a scion of the Mukhrani-Gruzinsky branch of the Bagrationi Dynasty that had moved to Imperial Russia in the 18th century.

[edit] References

Languages