43: Mikhail Shikhanov-Kublitsky – Spasskaya Tower
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Details
Sizes:
Frame: 58.5 × 43.5 cm | 23 × 17.1 in
Artwork: 50 × 35.5 cm | 19.7 × 14 in
Unsigned.
Golden light envelops Spasskaya Tower and the soul of Moscow. Mikhail Shikhanov-Kublitsky’s art is all about reverence and glow. Painted en plein air, the building becomes a living colour symphony — the red walls of the Kremlin against the pale sky, the stone dissolves into air.
Each stroke is immediate and intuitive. The painter’s impasto is confident and rhythmic, not about form but about movement and emotion. Gold undertones in the palette are about sacred light — a theme that goes back to his icon and church mural painting days.
In this piece realism gives way to transcendence: the Spasskaya Tower is not just a landmark but a symbol of continuity and faith. Through colour and light on the surface Shikhanov-Kublitsky captures not only the physical beauty of the Kremlin but the soul of Russia.
Provenance
Estate of the Artist.
Condition
Good condition. Framed.
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Mikhail Shikhanov-Kublitsky is a painter whose art bridges the academic discipline of the Russian school with the expressive freedom of modern plein-air painting. A graduate of the Repin Institute in St. Petersburg, he is a recipient of the Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts and the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” (2nd Class). A member of the Union of Artists of Russia and the Moscow Union of Artists, he has participated in the painting of six Orthodox churches — two of them original author projects — and was invited by the President of Malta to work on the decoration of the Russian Chapel at the San Anton Palace.
Having worked in more than forty countries, Shikhanov-Kublitsky paints directly from nature, following the Impressionist tradition while preserving a distinctly personal language of colour. His luminous compositions, often enriched with gold, silver, and copper leaf, transform light into a living substance — echoing both his spiritual background and his fascination with beauty as divine energy. His works are held in collections across Russia and Europe, reflecting a vision where faith, colour, and emotion merge into a radiant harmony of form.
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