Anatoliy Basin

Anatoliy Basin was born in Leningrad in 1936. His solid technical background dates back to his graduation from both a radio engineering college and the School of Architecture of the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute. The artist currently lives between St. Petersburg and Jerusalem.

Embarking on a philosophical and even mystical quest and inspired by ancient cave paintings, he renders abstract figures comprised of concise lines and strokes. Basin sees his ultimate goal in extracting light from darkness and thus devising a ‘symbolism of light’: this is the reason behind his preference for painting mainly in dark hues. Intense introspection and soul-searching are perhaps no less important to the artist as the painterly practice itself.