The Many Faces Of Vladimir Putin
Published 5 October 2012
He's revered as a hero who saved Russia by some. He's reviled as a despot by others. And this dichotomy is reflected in artists' renditions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who marks his 60th birthday on October 7.
1 A man looks at portraits of Putin at an exhibition hall in Moscow in 2003.
2 A portrait called "Winter" by Ukrainian artist Ruslan Kutnyak
3 "Vladimir Putin With a Tiger" by Sin Bon Hwa in Nizhny Novgorod
4 An exhibition devoted to Putin in St. Petersburg
5 A painting of Putin on Arbat Street in Moscow
6 "The Candle of Our Life" by the Blue Nose Group in Moscow's Guelman Gallery
7 A portrait painted by artist Vladislav Koval in Volgograd
8 An exhibition devoted to Putin in St. Petersburg
9 A portrait by artist Nikas Safronov at his exhibition in the Library of Foreign Literature in Moscow
10 A painting on display during an exhibition titled "Rodina" in Novosibirsk
11 "Putnik (Wanderer)" by Vasily Saprykin, depicting Putin as a man with a walking stick, on display at the Russian Portrait Salon in St. Petersburg
12 "Mr. Putin" by V. Timofeyeva and D.Vrubel in Moscow's Gallery of the Single Object