Sergei Fyodorov

Dates: b.1959

Gender: Male

Nationality: Russian

Born in 1959 the Russian artist Sergie Fyodorov is an important contemporary painter of icons and frescoes.  Having studied art in Moscow, Fyodorov was first exposed to icons in a public gallery rather than a church. Inspired and moved by the works of master icon painters such as Andrei Rubliov, he tried to make an icon for himself by studying from a book. Read more…

Biography:

Born in 1959 the Russian artist Sergie Fyodorov is an important contemporary painter of icons and frescoes.  Having studied art in Moscow, Fyodorov was first exposed to icons in a public gallery rather than a church. Inspired and moved by the works of master icon painters such as Andrei Rubliov, he tried to make an icon for himself by studying from a book. This was a dangerous and subversive act in Soviet Russia, where the creation of religious icons was against the law. By chance he met a monk who invited him to stay at one of the few remaining monasteries to learn the craft of making icons. Over the next three years he slowly acquired not only the necessary technical skill but also what he regards as the most important part of his education, the ability “to see the real iconographer, taking a real approach, deeply involved in the whole story he was painting, living inside the tradition in which he worked.” (1)

Fyodorov has completed many commissions in both the UK and Russia and his work can be seen in Westminster Abbey and Winchester Cathedral. His most notable recent commission was a fresco for Rochester Cathedral, which stands as a rare example of the genuine fresco technique in Britain.

(1) http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/articl...