Léonid Alexandrovich Ouspensky (1902–1987) was a famous Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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He was born in 1902 on his father’s estate in the village of Golaia Snova (now Golosnovka) in the north of the Voronezh

Voronezh

Voronezh is a city in southwestern Russia, the administrative center of Voronezh Oblast. It is located on both sides of the Voronezh River, away from where it flows into the Don. It is an operating center of the Southeastern Railway , as well as the center of the Don Highway...

 region in Russia and died in 1987.

Ouspensky specialised in iconography. He studied and taught art in Paris

Paris

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One of his students was the Egypt

Egypt

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ian iconographer Isaac Fanous

Isaac Fanous

Isaac Fanous was an Egyptian artist and scholar, who specialized in Coptic art and founded its contemporary school.-Early life and teaching:...

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