Born in Voronezh, Russia in 1963, Igor Samsonov began drawing when he was six years old and revealed his talents in his first public exhibition at age ten. Blessed with talent in both painting and mathematics, Samsonov pursued a duel career in mathematics and art until he realized that his artistic muse was slowly dying. Applying to the exclusive Academy of Fine Arts in Saint Petersburg, Samsonov was accepted in 1990 and began his seven years of tutelage under the finest painters in Russia. During this time Samsonov’s complete immersion into the art world began to define and sharpen the artistic style that would become his own…
See more about this incredible artist and his art in the new edition of Musetouch Visual Arts Magazine…
