Anatoly Zverev, now considered a national treasure and whom Picasso referred to as Russia's finest living artist. Zverev's works date from the 1950's George Kostakis described as his finest period.

Anatoly Zverev was born in Moscow in 1931.  He studied at the Institute of the 1905 Revolution but was expelled for his “formalist” tendencies.  In the 1960s Zverev was known for his refined artistic taste and extraordinary artistic abilities.  In 1965 he exhibited more than a hundred paintings at the Motte Gallery in Geneva, which at the time constituted one of the largest solo shows by an unofficial Soviet artist in the West.  Zverev’s art is representative of Russian Expressionism; while severely reduced, it remains figurative and recognizable.  Zverev’s works can be found in many major collections such as Costakis Collection in Greece, Cremona Foundation in Maryland and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.  Zverev died in Moscow in 1986.