IGOR V. BABAILOV
Hon.RAA, KStA, MFA (Ph.D), D.Litt (Honoris Causa)
Famous Teachers
DIRECT 'Teacher~Student'
ACADEMIC LINEAGE
Child prodigy, Igor Babailov received his first lessons in art from his father, Valery Babailov
and began his formal classical art training at the age of nine (9). In a span of sixteen years, he attained the highest levels of the academic art education and received his Master of Fine Arts degree (MFA), official equivalent to Ph.D. in the U.S., under the Russian Academy of Arts (est.1757).
Igor Babailov studied directly under some of the finest artists-teachers in art history, and through his formal art education, he belongs to the direct Academic Lineage of world-famous Masters of painting and drawing, Serov and Repin.
Igor Babailov's fine art education (1974 -1990), rooted in the curriculum of the acclaimed Russian traditional school of art, especially contributed to his unparalleled skill in academic drawing (or drawing from life), which today is a fundamental challenge for many painters.
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Serov
Yuon
Levitan
Repin
Chistyakov
Arkhipov
Kulikov
Kramskoy
Babailov
Kholmogorov
Tsyplakov
Danilichev
Zabelin
Chirkov
Kibrik
Pavlov
Korin
Korovin
Gerasimov
Deineka
Shatsky
Babailov
International Students of Igor V. Babailov
Nota bene:
The academic lineage herein stands far beyond inspirational moments of occasional meetings with the masters, i.e. attending their public portrait demonstrations, and/or inspirational stories of such, told by friends and acquaintances.
This lineage represents the unbroken consecutive mentorship, passed on directly from Teacher to Student, during a sustained period of time of formal academic education that resulted in earning a terminal Fine Art degree.
Igor V. Babailov, Hon. RAA, ellected Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (est.1757) shares his expertise of the highest fine art education and academic credentials with his fellow professional artists and art students in the U.S., Canada, Italy, Russia and around the globe.