The development of G.N. Zhuravlyov’s unique style during his work on the icon The image of the holy great martyr George the Victorious

This study focuses on some special features of the style of the image of St. George the Victorious in G.N. Zhuravlyov’s iconography. As a result of this analysis, some fundamental iconographic reference points of the distinctive painter, undoubtedly influenced by the artworks of the renowned craftsmen of the Syzran iconography centre, have been identified. The image of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious is special not only in Zhuravlyov’s series of iconographic works featuring such revered warriors as St. Alexandre Nevsky and St. Michael the Archangel but also in his oeuvre in general. The images illustrating this article are published for the first time.