Bessonov Nicolay Vladislavovich was born in Moscow on 14.1.1962. He finished Moscow Academy of Industrial and Applied Art in specialization of “artistic manufacture of metal” back in 1984. Detailed Description An original painting by mid-career Russian painter, Nicolay Bessonov. His artworks often depict religious and historical themes.
'I worked at series about witchcraft for more then 15 years. As every history-painter, I collected an information about the epoch. It is not a secret that my predecessors of XIX century made many mistakes in details.
So a world of my pictures contained a visual information, found in museums or in ancient engravings. I tried to restore a dress, interiors, coiffures and torture instruments as it was.
My art-work went with work of a writer. The documentary monograph «Witch Trials» is a peculiar commentary to the painting.'
'I worked at series about witchcraft for more then 15 years. As every history-painter, I collected an information about the epoch. It is not a secret that my predecessors of XIX century made many mistakes in details. So a world of my pictures contained a visual information, found in museums or in ancient engravings. I tried to restore a dress, interiors, coiffures and torture instruments as it was.
My art-work went with work of a writer. The documentary monograph «Witch Trials» is a peculiar commentary to the painting.'