Nikas Safronov
Nikas Stepanovich Safronov (Russian: Ни́кас Степа́нович Сафро́нов; born April 8, 1956, Ulyanovsk[1]) 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.[2]
He graduated V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute. The first exhibition of Nikas was held in 1978.
A series of psychological portraits of contemporaries brought him great renown.
After a long professional and general cultural studies Nikas summarized their ideas and created his own direction, which named Dream Vision, technically based on classic paintings, and is actively used not only by the imagination and intuition, but the subconscious and unconscious feelings. Dream Vision paintings became popular in various countries and sectors of society thanks to an extensive cultural context.[3]
State and public awards
For his achievements in painting Nikas Safronov was awarded the titles:
- Honored Artist of Russia[4][5]
- Academician of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts
- Professor of Ulyanovsk State University
- Honorary citizen of Ulyanovsk
- Honorary citizen of Baku
References
- ↑ Никас Сафронов восстанавливает церковь в Турции
- ↑ Биография Николая (Никаса) Сафронова // nikas-s.ru
- ↑ НИКАС САФРОНОВ: Я ЖЕНАТ НА ЖИВОПИСИ
- ↑ Указ Президента Российской Федерации В. Путина от 25 июля 2013 года № 639 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации» // pravo.gov.ru
- ↑ Телеканал «Russia Today». ВИДЕО. Президент России Владимир Путин вручил государственные награды в Кремле (церемония вручения) // russian.rt.com (25 декабря 2013 года)