Andreï Roublev
entre 1360 et 1370 / entre 1427 et 1430
"Born around 136O in a troubled century, when the Tatars of the Golden Horde had for 200 years invaded the territory of Rus, destroyed the superb kingdom of Kiev and reduced the Russian principalities to the state of miserable enslaved vassal cities, Rublev questions the validity of art in the face of evil. In the same way that certain artists in the 20th century asked the question of what could still be painted - and even if one could paint - after the Shoah, Rublev questions the value and meaning of the image among the Mongols..."
Emmanuel Daydé, Art Absolument n°33, January/February 2010
"Born around 136O in a troubled century, when the Tatars of the Golden Horde had for 200 years invaded the territory of Rus, destroyed the superb kingdom of Kiev and reduced the Russian principalities to the state of miserable enslaved vassal cities, Rublev questions the validity of art in the face of evil. In the same way that certain artists in the 20th century asked the question of what could still be painted - and even if one could paint - after the Shoah, Rublev questions the value and meaning of the image among the Mongols..."
Emmanuel Daydé, Art Absolument n°33, January/February 2010