Simon (Pimen) Fyodorovich Ushakov

Place: Moscow

Born: 1626

Death: 1686

Biography:

Simon Ushakov (1626-1686) was a leading Russian icon painter in the 17th-century. Together with Fyodor Zubov and Fyodor Rozhnov, he is associated with the comprehensive reform of the Russian Orthodox Church undertaken by Patriarch Nikon. Ushakov is also credited with popularizing the genre of portrait painting of secular figures in Russia (known as parsuna).