Egon (Igor) Sendler and Russian icon in the West
Journal Title: UNKNOWN - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue
Abstract
Egon (Igor) Sendler was a Roman Catholic priest of the Jesuit order and one of the world's foremost experts on the painting of icons, known as one of the leading Western experts and theologians on the iconography, who worked in the Russian tradition. He is unfortunately little known in the Russian scientific and cultural space. To eliminate this lack of information is the purpose of this article.
Authors and Affiliations
Vladimir Evgen'yevich Kolupaev
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