Theophanes the Greek
Theophanes the Greek (also Feofan Grek from Russian Феофан Грек, * probably around 1330 ; † around 1410 ) was a Greek icon painter from Constantinople . He came to Russia around 1370 and introduced the late Byzantine style of moving composition there. He was the master of the most famous icon painter of Russia Andrei Rublev .
In 1408, together with other artists, he painted the first stone church of the third construction period of the Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Moscow Kremlin .
Works
Fragment of a fresco in the Church of the Transfiguration of Christ in Novgorod
Pantocrator on a fresco in the Church of the Transfiguration of Christ in Novgorod
Holy Trinity on a fresco in the Church of the Transfiguration of Christ in Novgorod
Transfiguration of the Lord
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| SURNAME | Theophanes the Greek |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Feofan Grek; Феофан Грек (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek icon painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1330 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1410 |