Theophanes the Greek or Feofan Grek (ca. 1340-ca. 1410) was one of the greatest icon painters, or iconographers, of Muscovite Russia, and was noted as the teacher and mentor of the great Andrei Rublev. Theophanes was born in the Byzantine Empire and worked in Constantinople. In 1370 he moved to Novgorod, and in 1395 to Moscow. His style is considered unsurpassed in expression achieved by almost mono-colored painting. Wikipedia
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