Gastrati. Farinelli playing harp. Painting

Born October 2, 1936 in Russia.1961 graduated from St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, and Architecture - world Leading Art Schools. The Academy was founded by The Empress Katerina The Great more than 250 years ago, and has been traditionally connected with the French Ecol des Beaux Arts in Paris.St. Petersburg Academy of Arts and Architecture - one of the world leading Art Schools. It is the historic center of Russian Arts and Culture. The Academy was founded by the Empress Catherine The Great 250 years ago, and has always been traditionally connected to the French Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Yehuda Pen, Chagall's first teacher, Antakolsky, Repin, Serov, Surikov, Brulov, Vrubel, Roerich and many others are most famous Russian artists who attended The St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. New Style: "Romantic Expressionism".Departure from the Soviet Union in 1972 has given me the freedom to paint not in obligatory style of so called Socialist Realism, but in any style I choose to. It has been a powerful push for search and creativity. Through all my works you will find that my attitude toward color and light combines tradition of impressionism with various surrealistic situations.Working on illustrations for Kafkas novels, I were looking for a symbolic image of a mystical town. I have found it in Gaud'is Sagrada Familia. Almost on each of my paintings you can see my signature flying phantasmagoric towers, which have become for me a living entity, procreating itself, connecting The Past with The Future.