Simon Ushakov

Russian artist
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Born:
1626, Moscow, Russia
Died:
June 25, 1686, Moscow (aged 60)

Simon Ushakov (born 1626, Moscow, Russia—died June 25, 1686, Moscow) was an iconographer, portrait painter, builder of monuments, designer, cartographer, book illustrator, theoretician, and teacher who was the most distinguished Russian artist of the 17th century. He was for many years the head of the Imperial Icon Painting Workshop in the Kremlin Armory. Ushakov lived during an era of great changes, and, like the masters of the Renaissance, he worked in a wide range of media. At the same time, he was representative of traditional Muscovite piety and an admirer of monasticism. One of the icons he painted was celebrated ...(100 of 395 words)