Francesco
Francesco
by Anastasia Kurakina
© Anastasia Kurakina
Oil on canvas
Anastasia Kurakina studied at the Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum and gained an MA in fine art from the Academy of Fine Arts, Rome. Her work has been seen in group and solo exhibitions in Italy, the UK and Mexico.
The portrait is of Francesco, a friend of the artist, whom she met when they shared student accommodation. Kurakina asked him to pose for her and says: ‘He seemed to be the image of a kind of “literature hero”. Suffering, pensive, young, eager for knowledge, passionate, creative, talented, promising and shy.’
