Ilya Glazunov
Ilya Glazunov, contemporary Russian artist from Saint Petersburg,
born in 1930. Ilya Glazunov is a founder of the Russian high realism
artistic school, deeply influenced by Eastern Orthodoxy and iconography
and a head of Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
Ilya Glazunov’s paintings have mostly historic or religious
themes. Famous works include Russia the Eternal, The 20th Century
Mystery, The Ruination of the Temple on the Easter Night and illustrations
to the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Ilya Glazunov was one of the
main advocates behind the restoration of the Cathedral of Christ
the Saviour (Moscow). In the 1980s Ilya Glazunov was associated
with far-right Pamyat society and became known for his patriotic
views. Awarded "For Service to the Fatherland" decoration
by the President Vladimir Putin.
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