Boris Sveshnikov

Boris Sveshnikov
Title:Sleeping Grashopper
c. 1982


 Boris Sveshnikov was a Moscow based abstractionist.  He was arrested at age 19 for suspicious activities regarding eliminating Joseph Stalin.  After his release Boris returned to Moscow and became a painter/illustrator.  His style is referred to as Socialist Realism.  His work tends to be macabre and reveal tombstones and paranoid people.