![]() ![]() In 1988, Andrei Rublev was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church. The last years of his life, Andrei Rublev spent in the Andronikov Monastery of the Savior in Moscow where he created his last masterpiece of Eastern Orthodox iconography, the frescoes of the Savior Cathedral. It is also believed that Rublev painted one or more miniatures for the Khitrovo Gospels, a Russian illuminated Gospel Book from the late 14th century. Another joint work of these greatest Russian Orthodox icon painters is referred to 1425–1427, the time they painted the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius. Chronicles tell us that three years later, in 1408, Andrei Rublev and Daniil Chyorny painted the magnificent Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir. At that time, together with highly respected craftsmen Prokhor the Elder of Gorodets and Theophanes the Greek, Andrei created Russian Orthodox icons and frescos for the Cathedral of the Annunciation, one of the greatest medieval churches in Moscow’s Kremlin. It is here Andrei Rublev began to paint, striving to fulfill his high calling – let God speak to people through the religious icons. We don’t know where he learned Eastern Orthodox iconography, and who his teacher was. The first mention of Rublev’s work was in 1405. It is assumed that he lived as a monk in the Holy Trinity Lavra founded in 1345 by Sergii Radonezhsky. Unfortunately, biographical information about him and his life is very scant. So who was this unique person?Īndrei Rublev, the greatest Russian painter of Orthodox Church icons and frescoes, was born near Moscow in the 1360s. Moreover, thanks to this holy man, today we have a whole school of Eastern Orthodox iconography that is recognizable all over the world. Thereby, all Orthodox icons by Andrei Rublev are not signed, but they are still very beautiful and distinctive at the same time. The fact is that he didn’t paint religious icons for fame, profit, or glory. However, the most famous among them is undoubtedly Andrei Rublev – a saint icon painter who shone brightly in contrast with the violent, dark, and brutish years of medieval Russia. The history has seen several prominent Orthodox icon painters. FebruAndrei Rublev – A Saint Icon Painter ![]()
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