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Anton S. Kandinsky, born in 1960, was raised in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea, an autonomous Republic of Ukraine. As a young man, Kandinsky traveled to St. Petersburg to study privately with Yevsey Yevseyovich Moisyenko, completing his studies at the Ukrainian Art Academy (Kiev State Art Academy), where he later served as a professor of Fine Arts and Interior Design.

Kandinsky has developed his own conception of analytic and symbolic surrealism, in which he portrays historical, political and mystical forces, in which souls, liberated from this world, are portrayed by a rich variety of gemstones.

Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Mr. Kandinsky had designed and built a three-story building in Yalta which in the 1990's became an important cultural center. The center served as a studio, an intellectual base, and a home to a large number of Ukrainian and Russian artists exploring their newfound freedom of expression.

The artist, who maintains a studio in New York City, exhibited in the former Soviet Union, Heidelberg and Prague. His paintings are privately collected in Germany, England, France, Italy, Israel, Australia and the United States. One of Kandinsky's paintings hangs in the Knesset in Jerusalem. More recently, Kandinsky's work has been auctioned in New York and London by Philips de Pury as his modern work has begun to attract more attention. His pop-art style work has also appeared at several recent auctions, and has been featured in recent catalogs.