Nikas Safronov

Nikas Stepanovich Safronov (Russian: Ни́кас Степа́нович Сафро́нов; born April 8, 1956, Ulyanovsk) is a Soviet and Russian artist. He has been given the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.

Nikas Safronov was born in 1956 in Ulyanovsk in a poor family of a retired military man, his family had six children.

He graduated from Moscow State Surikov Academy of Fine Arts. His first exhibition was held in 1978.

A series of psychological portraits of contemporaries brought him great renown.

Nikas calls his painting style Dream Vision.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.