Show all images on one page	#001698 Title: The Seven Simeons Artist: Bayov Andrey Size: 19.5x16x5.5 Size (inches): 7.75x6.25x2 Price : $650 SOLD!

Andrey Bayov of Kholuy painted this composition. His style is easily recognized and his artistic vision is one fueling Kholuy's drive into the 21st century. Bayov is a good man and very fun to be around. He likes to joke and laugh with his friends, but most of all he loves to paint. He lives on the same street in Kholuy as Nikolay Baburin, Mikhail Komarov, and Sergey Deviatkin. This "who's who" of Kholuy names, past and present, has had an immense influence on Bayov. He looks to them and their works, as they do to his, for inspiration and the innovations that come out with each completed piece.
The composition features a scene from Russian fairy-tale "Seven Semeons". This tale tell about seven orphans who were adopted by the kind tsar. Each of them promised the tsar to master a separate skill. The first Semeon wanted to be a smith and promised to erect a pillar so tall that it would almost touch the sky. The second Semeon said that he would climb that pillar to keep watch on what is happening in the surrounding kingdoms. The third Semeon promised to become a ship builder. The fourth Semeon said that he would be the captain of that ship. The fifth Semeon said that he would be able to take that ship to the bottom of the ocean. The sixth Semeon said that he would be able to bring that ship up from the bottom of the ocean. And to the Tsar's surprise, the seventh Semeon answered that he wanted to be a thief. The Tsar was not pleased by his answer and warned him that he put thieves in his kingdom to death.
The years passed and the seven Semeons had become grown men. One day the Tsar gathered them to see what they had learned. Each of them demonstrated the tsar his skills. Most of all the tsar liked skills of the second Semeon who could climb the high pillar and told that he saw Elena the Fair in the neighboring kingdom, and most of he disliked skills of the seventh Semeon as he indeed became a thief. The tsar was about to hung the seventh brother, but changed his mind when the thief promised to steal Elena the Fair with the help of this brothers.
Here we can see the final scene of this tale. Owing to their skills the brothers could successfully steal Elena the Fair and returned to their kingdom. Later the tsar and Elena fell in love with each other, while the seven Semeons married Elena's maids.
The colors are so rich that they appear still wet to the touch. The setting is divine. Gold and aluminum paint add animation.
The box is constructed out of high-grade paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior and red lacquer is used to paint the interior of the box. Gold and aluminum paints are used once again to paint the filigree decorations that adorn the box's exterior. The box has a hinge located above the composition and rests on four legs. The artist wrote Kholuy, the title and his name at the bottom of the composition in gold paint.