On this page you will find links to icons
painted (written) by alltime worldfamous Icon Painters. Their icons and
frescoes are true master works from a painter's point of view as much as from a
spriritual point of view. It should be pointed out that in ancient times an
iconographer traditionnally remained anonymous. They did not sign their works,
which is why, today, only relatively few of these masters are known by name.
One prime example of this is the icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir.
Recognized as one of the most famous icons of all time, and certainly in Russia
one of the most venerated as well, the author of it is unknown to this very
day, although we do know that the icon was painted in Byzantium. Contrary to
this, iconographers like Theophanes the Greek and Andrei Rublev who painted
magnificent works of sacred art in churches, day after day, clearly were in the
public's eye which made it all but impossible for them to remain anonymous.
I might add that this page is by no means
complete. The icon painters whose names are shown here are well known and
acknowledged masters of the Middle Ages as evidenced in the literature, or
acknowledged masters by their peers with regard to contemporary masters. There
certainly are many more, but it would be pretentious on my part to pronounce
certain iconographers a master while ignoring others. Also, an icon painter is
not pronounced a master solely by his mastery of painting. There are other
criteria to be taken into consideration, having a steady following being one of
them, for example. |
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