Francisco Infante-Arana is a Russia

Russia

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n painter

Painting

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Background

Francisco Infante-Arana was born to a Spanish father and Russian mother, who raised him. Eventually he moved to Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

 and enrolled in the Moscow College of Decorative and Applied Arts. In 1964, Infante-Arena formed an artists' collective known as the Movement Group. He was and continues to be one of the premier Russian avant-garde

Russian avant-garde

The Russian avant-garde is an umbrella term used to define the large, influential wave of modern art that flourished in Russia approximately 1890 to 1930 - although some place its beginning as early as 1850 and its end as late as 1960...

artists. Some of his work is currently on display at the Cold War Modern exhibition at the V & A in London.

External links

• Biographies: http://www.krokingallery.com/english/artist_21.html, http://www.tvgallery.ru/autors/autor_132_eng.html.
• Photos of Infante-Arana's works: http://www.artinfo.ru/artbank/scripts/english/collage_base.idc?author_id=560, http://englishrussia.com/?p=2817.