Sergey Smirnov "Scheherazade" Signed Limited Edition 26x35 Mixed Media on Canvas

Retail price $5,000

  • Lot number 2981766
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  • Total bids 14
  • Winning bid $899.00
  • Buyer's premium $152.83
  • Total $1,051.83
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Combining time-honored religious icon painting with western style portraiture, the hauntingly beautiful art of Sergey Smirnov (1953-2006) is inspired by the 'Parsuna' art movement. "Scheherazade" is a limited edition mixed media on canvas, printed in 2005, numbered in verso and hand signed by the artist. Measures approx. 26" x 35" (image).

About Sergey Smirnov:

Sergey Smirnov was born in 1953, in the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. In 1984 Sergey graduated valedictorian from Moscow City Art College. In 1988, he became a member of the International Federation of Artists and the National Artists’ Union of Russia. By 1991 Smirnov became the Chief Editor for the Advertising and Image Creation Corporation of the Russian government’s International Trade Corporation. Smirnov won national and international awards for many of his logos and graphics. These successes spirited his sole devotion to painting by 1994. In 1996, Smirnov exhibited at the Orlean House in London. In 1997, he was honored as only the third living artist to have a personal exhibit in the Kremlin’s Manezh. His art is included in several noteworthy Russian collections, including former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, former Prime Minister Victor Chernomirdin, former Minister of Transportation Sergey Frank, and former Minister of Defense Evgeny Shaposhnikov.

Sergey Smirnov died of a sudden heart attack in Sausalito, California as he was heading to his solo exhibition in La Jolla on November 8th, 2006.

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