Alexei Maximov

Alexei Maximov (born 1952) is a Soviet-born oil painter, enamellist and portrait painter of European royals. He is known as a painter on canvas and enamel and a graphic artist, working in the genres of portraiture, landscape and still life. Alexei Maximov's works are in many art museums in Russia and abroad. In 1987, he became a member of the Union of Artists of Russia; in total, his works have been presented at more than 100 art exhibitions around the world. Larisa Peshekhonova of the State Museums of the Moscow Kremlin described Maximov as an artist who "transformed the traditions of the past to create [his] own unique artistic style and world images."