Andrey Esionov

Andrey Kimovich Esionov (Russian: Андрей Кимович Есионов; born 1963) is a Russian painter and graphic artist, who paints portraits and cityscapes. He is academician (Full member) of the Russian Academy of Arts (the painting department, 2018), Honorary Academician of the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts and Drawing (Accademia delle Arti del Disegno),^[1] a member of the Russian Artistic Union of Painters (1995), the Moscow Artists' Association of International Art Fund, and the Union of Russian Artists.^[2]

Esionov works in the portrait genre, and actively promotes watercolor painting. According to critics he works in a contemporary art style at the interface of academism.^[3] The artist's works are in the collections of museums including the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (Moscow), the State Russian Museum (Saint Petersburg), the State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan), Samara Regional Art Museum (Samara), the State Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan (Tashkent).,^[4] the Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts and Drawing ( Accademia delle Arti del Disegno) (Florence), Vatican Museums, San Salvatore in Lauro Museum (Rome), Pantheon/Santa Maria ad Martires Basilica Museum (Rome) and other important museums and galleries. In his paintings the artist turns objects and subjects of the real world into works of art which is an indisputable evidence of his talent, high level of professional skills and mastery. Rather than cloning the real world, Esionov uses no optical devices, film or photo cameras to create a new reality relying only on purely artistic means. Esionov’s imaginary compositions and creative stylistic peculiarities visualize harmony of reality and imagination that inspires associative perception and imagination.^[5]

- Alexander Rozhin, academician of the Russian Academy of arts, Editor-in-Chief, The Tretyakov Gallery Magazine.