Later, Forbes studied with Russian masters in Russian Icon painting. A "true believer," she creates Russian Icons in the traditional way, a process that can take from 1 to 3 years.

The painting features three main heroes of Russian folk epos (“былины”, or byliny), brave, very strong and unbeatable: the bogatyrs Dobrynya Nikitich, Ilya Muromets and Alyosha Popovich ...

ROCHESTER — Marina Forbes is keeping traditional Russian icon writing alive by teaching students about the art’s history and application. Forbes, who immigrated to the United States from ...

And women and children will be painting.” Some 83 sets of such traditional wooden nesting dolls, from sets produced before World War II to dolls originating in post-Soviet era regional centers ...

The show featured more than 10 artistic pieces blending music, poetry in both Vietnamese and Russian, ao dai (Vietnam's ...

The museum is exhibiting the contemporary paintings of Russian-American artist and designer Alexander Gassel. Blending the avant-garde with traditional Russian iconography, combining ancient ...