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Nikas Stepanovich Safronov (Russian: Ни́кас Степа́нович Сафро́нов; born April 8, 1956, Ulyanovsk[1]) is a Soviet and Russian artist. He has been given the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.

Nikas Safronov was born in 1956 in Ulyanovsk in a poor family of a retired military man, his family had six children.[2]

He graduated Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute. The first exhibition of Nikas was held in 1978.

A series of psychological portraits of contemporaries brought him great renown.

Nikas calls his painting style Dream Vision.[3]

State and public awards

For his achievements in painting Nikas Safronov was awarded the titles:

• Honored Artist of Russia[4]
• Academician of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts
• Professor of Ulyanovsk State University
• Honorary citizen of Ulyanovsk
• Honorary citizen of Baku

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Nikas Safronov

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[ru] Сафронов, Никас Степанович

Ни́кас Степа́нович Сафро́нов (настоящее имя Николай)[1] (род. 8 апреля 1956, Ульяновск, Ульяновская область) — советский и российский художник. Действительный член Российской Академии художеств (2012), заслуженный художник Российской Федерации (2013)[2][3] и народный художник Российской Федерации (2021)[4], народный художник Республики Дагестан (2017)[5], профессор Ульяновского государственного университета.

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