Mihail Chemiakin (Shemyakin)
Russian, b. 1943
From Les Paysages Russes (Russian Landscapes)
Lithograph, signed, edition 228/275
Whimsical and vibrant rendering of anthropomorphic pink elephants, mounted behind glass, gilt frame.

Mihail Chemiakin was born in Moscow and grew up in occupied East Germany. He returned to Russia in 1957 where he was admitted to the Special High School of the Repin Academy of Art in Leningrad, but was expelled for failing to conform to Socialist Realist expectations, and from 1959 to 1971 worked as a laborer in various capacities. In 1967, Chemiakin founded the St. Petersburg Group and developed the philosophy of Metaphysical Synthesism, dedicated to the creation of a new form of icon painting based on the study of religious art of all ages and peoples.
Plate: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (14 x 14 cm.), frame: 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (47 x 47 cm.)

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