Vladimir Smakhtin (*1955), contemporary Russian painter, 1984-87 art studies at the art school of Moscow University and then at the Moscow Art Theater Surikov, then working as a designer in Obinsk, 1986 founder of the artist group ''Academy'', from 1990 in Germany first in Bad Langensalza and Bad Tennstedt, later in Berlin. Abstract composition, oil on canvas, lower right monogr. and dated (19)89, verso signed and inscribed, 75 x 85 cm, framed 86 x 96 cm