St.Paisiy of Uglich by Russian artist Simakov

Oil/canvas. Bottom right Cyrillic signed, called/titled Cyrillic on the verso.

Dated: 1988.

Dimensions: 44x 52cm.

Framed: 60 x 69 cm.

Sergey Simakov Russian non-conformist artist, designed the album cover for Alla Pugacheva “How Disturbing Is This Way”,  was a member of the group “20 Moscow Artists”, exhibited for years in the cellar hall of Malaya Gruzinskaya. Turned completely to religious painting in the 1980s and was later appointed priest under the name Raphael.