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Lion and the sun by Niko Pirosmani — VisualArtsDB

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Symbolic painting
Lion and the sun

Lion and the sun

Lion and the sun

Dimensions: 100 × 80 cm
Genre: Symbolic painting
Museum: Art Museum of Georgia (AMG), Tbilisi, Georgia

Styles

Naïve Art (Primitivism)

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Big catsLionCarnivoreFelidae

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