Sergei Kirillov

Modern Russian artist

Sergei Alekseevich Kirillov

Born	May 10, 1960 Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Known for	Painting

Sergei Alekseevich Kirillov (born 1960 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a leading modern Russian artist, who is focusing on historical paintings. His subjects have included Dmitry Mikhailovich Bobrok,^[1] Stepan Razin, Princess Olga, Ivan the Terrible, Saint Sergius of Radonezh, and Dmitry Donskoy.

Education and work

In 1984 he graduated from The Surikov Art Institute in Moscow, from the studio of Professor Dmitry Konstantinovich Mochalsky. His graduate work was depicting Peter the Great. His paintings are now regularly published in history classroom books, monographs of The History of Russia, and historical belletristic literature. Since 1987, 24 exhibitions of his paintings have been held in Moscow and other cities in Russia.

Holdings by museums

His works are in the State Tretyakov Gallery, and the art museums of Pereslavl, Bryansk, Alexandrov, and other towns in Russia.

Sergei Kirillov's paintings
Baptism of St.Princess Olga
Basil Fool for Christ praying almost naked in the snow.
Sergius of Radonezh
Peter the Great
Ivan the Terrible as older and powerful.
Andrey Bogolyubskiy

References

^ Galeotti, Mark. Kulikovo 1380: The Battle That Made Russia. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-3122-4.

External links

Curriculum vitae of Serguei Kirillov (Russian Art Gallery)
https://www.kirillovgallery.ru/index.php?lang=eng (online collection of works, English site version)