20 best contemporary Russian artists

Many believe that there are no artists left in the 21st century. However, in reality, this is not the case. And nowadays there are many talented and famous artists, whose works are shown in exhibitions, who earn big money. Below will be a list of 20 of the most famous and well-earned artists who are actively involved in creative work not only in Russia.

20. Alexander Ivanov

Russian artist Alexander Ivanov, born in 1962, is best known for his work called "Love", which was written back in 1996 and sold for almost 100,000 rubles. His style is abstract art. He is also a businessman, collects, opened a Faberge Museum in Germany, in Baden-Baden.

19. Olga Bulgakova

Olga Bulgakova is one of the few talented and famous Russian artists, born in 1951, and she is a member of the Russian Academy of Arts as a corresponding member. The representative of such a movement of painting of the Brezhnev era, which is called "carnival". Her most famous work is A Dream of a Red Bird, written in 1988.

18. Mikhail Brusilovsky

Russian artist Mikhail Brusilovsky, working under the pseudonym Misha Shaevich, is included in this rating and takes 18th place. This world renowned artist

17. Lev Tabenkin

The talented Russian artist Lev Tabenkin was born in 1952 in the Russian capital - Moscow. This painter sees the painting like a sculptor. The feeling that his characters are sculpted from clay. One of Lev's most famous paintings is The Jazz Orchestra, written in 2004. It was sold for 117,650 rubles.

16. AES + F

The AES + F project consists of four people, in fact, the name consists of the initial letters of the names of the participants: Tatyana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovich, Evgeny Svyatsky, Vladimir Fridnes. The creativity of this company is characterized by a very good presentation back in the nineties and was appreciated only in the two thousandth. For the most part now, they create large animated murals that are broadcast on dozens of screens. One of the most famous works of this company: "Warrior 4".

15.Sergey Volkov

Russian artist Sergei Volkov was born in Petrozavodsk in 1956. His works are characterized by what he worked during the period of perestroika art. The pictures are written very expressively, where very profound statements and ideology are noticed. His most famous painting is Double Vision. Triptych".

14. Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky

Artists Alexander Vinogradov and Vladimir Dubossarsky were both born in Moscow in 1963 and 1964. They began to work together in 1994, having met at the festival, creating an unusual and grandiose project. The original design has earned the respect of many collectors. Their paintings hang in such famous places as the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum and even the Pompidou Center. They themselves are the creators of the Art-Strelka gallery and the organizers of the Art-Klyazma festival.

13. Vladimir Yankilevsky

Russian artist Vladimir Yankilevsky was also included in the list of the highest paid and famous artists. He was born in Moscow in 1938. Vladimir's father was also an artist, and his son inherited his profession. Vladimir works in the style of surrealism - creativity with paradoxical combinations. Back in 1970, he painted one of the most famous paintings called "Triptych 10. Anatomy of the Soul II".

12. Vladimir Nemukhin

Artist Vladimir Nemukhin was born in 1925 in the small village of Priluki, located in the Moscow region. He has participated in many foreign exhibitions in Europe. In the nineties he lived and was active in Germany, but in 2005 he moved to Russia. His work is characterized by a three-dimensional composition, the presence of a counter-relief and various cross-cutting motifs, for example, a deck of cards.

11. Francisco Infante-Arana

An artist with an unusual name, the son of a Spanish political emigrant, was born in the small village of Vasilyevka in the Samara region in 1943. He was the organizer of the group of artists "Argo", is a member of the Moscow Union of Artists. Also, Francisco was awarded the State Prize for achievements in the field of fine arts. The artist is actively involved in creative work both in Russia and abroad.

10. Alexander Melamed

The artist Alexander Melamed used to be one of the members of the very famous creative duet Komarov-Melamed, but he broke up back in 2003, then they began to work separately. Residence since 1978 is New York. He wrote most of the famous works together with Vitaly Komar, they also created the Sots Art movement together and were the organizers of the Bulldozer Exhibition.

9. Victor Pivovarov

This Russian artist, known as one of the founders of Moscow Conceptualism, was born in Moscow in 1937, where he graduated from the Polygraphic Institute. According to Viktor Pivovarov himself, his first work was written at the age of five. He is also a representative of "unofficial" art. His paintings are located in some of the most famous and large exhibition centers: the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Pushkin Museum im. A.S. Pushkin.

8. Zurab Tsereteli

This artist was born in 1934 in Tbilisi. He is one of the brightest representatives of monumental painting. Zurab is known for his work in the form of a monument to Peter I, which is located in Moscow, as well as a monument, which is located in front of the UN building in New York. Zurab is the president of the Russian Academy of Arts, where his own museum-gallery operates. The creations of this artist are known not only to Russia, but to the whole world.

7. Oscar Rabin

Russian artist Oscar Rabin is famous for being the organizer of the Bulldor Exhibition in 1974 and four years later he was stripped of his Soviet citizenship. He also became popular as one of the first artists to privately sell paintings in the Soviet Union. At the moment, his permanent place of residence and work is Paris. His paintings are in major museums and exhibition centers: the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum and others.

6. Oleg Tselkov

Russian artist Oleg Tselkov is known as an artist who began the main creative movement in the sixties of the 20th century, showing very rough and sharp features in his paintings, including in the depiction of people who look like clay figures. Since 1977, Oleg has continued his creative career in Paris. His paintings are located in such exhibition centers: the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, the Hermitage. One of the most famous paintings is "Boy with Balloons", written in 1954.

5. Grigory Bruskin

Born in Moscow in 1934, Russian artist Grigory Bruskin, or Grisha, has been one of the members of the Union of Artists since 1969. He gained his greatest fame thanks to a large Sotheby's auction, where he sold his work called "Fundamental Lexicon" for the highest price, which was a record. At the moment he lives and works in New York and Moscow, therefore he is also called an American artist.

4. Semyon Faibisovich

This Russian artist is distinguished by the fact that he depicts realistic things with the utmost precision. His real creative activity began from the moment when in 1985, having exhibited at Malaya Gruzinskaya, he won the attention and recognition of collectors from New York. Since then, his works have been exhibited in many European countries, are in exhibition centers in America, Germany and Poland.Now he lives and conducts creative activity in Moscow.

3. Alexander Melamed and Vitaly Komar

This duet, alas, existed until 2003, but was a huge success. Two Russian artists became famous for the creation of a movement such as Sots Art, which is an offshoot of unofficial art. This was a kind of response to the creation of pop art in the west. Canvases with the works of these artists are in major museums, including the Louvre.

2. Eric Bulatov

The Russian artist is known for being able to combine both painting and text in his work, later they began to call it Sots Art. During the Soviet period he was popular as an illustrator in children's books. For a while he lived in New York, then in Paris. He was the first artist to stage an exhibition at the Center Pompidou. His creative works are in the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, the Pompidou Center.

1. Ilya Kabakov

This talented Russian artist, who works in tandem with his wife Emilia, can be considered the country's chief artist, the founder of Moscow conceptualism. He was born in Dnepropetrovsk in 1933, but New York has become his place of residence since 1988. His works can be seen in the Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery and the Russian Museum. Ilya received the Japanese Emperor's Prize, and his two works entitled "Beetle" and "Suite" are the most expensive paintings.