«БИВАК ГОРЦЕВ», Генрих Федорович Гриневский.

“Encampment of North Caucasian Highlanders”, by Henryk Hryniewski, c. 1900.

Materials and technique: Paper on cardboard; graphite pencil, gouache, pen, ink.

Dimensions: 19.3 × 28.5 cm.

The artist depicts interesting aspects of North Caucasian highlander culture and folklore: A man is shown roasting shashlik (extreme left); a dance party in full swing; men having their meals on colourful Caucasian rugs, etc.

Henryk Hryniewski (1869-1937) was a Polish-Georgian painter and illustrator. He was the son of a Polish exile in Georgia. Few of Hryniewski’s original paintings have survived, as he and his works were victims of Stalin’s purges.