Sasha Bassari was born in Gorkij, Russia in 1963. In 1982, he graduated from the School of Art in his native city and went on to the Art College named after world famous sculptor V.I. Mukhina in St.Petersburg, Russia, where he graduated in 1991. He is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia. He still lives in a tiny, one room apartment at the top floor of an old building in the historical center of St. Petersburg because he says that living humbly is what gives him inspiration to stay pure, like the children in his paintings. The figures in his paintings are divine souls, innocent and pure. Sasha Bassari paints children playing, peaceful townscapes, angels and fairies. His paintings are soft and gentle, and all his artwork is immersed in the ideal of unity throughout the Universe. The artist combines carefully placed, soft, diffused colors contrasting with graceful yet bold brush strokes, a unique blend of the essence of the subject and the spirit of the artist. The figures in his paintings appear as if they are angels: divine souls, completely innocent and pure. Those angels are almost floating in an atmosphere of melancholy happiness. These figures are the essence of Sasha’s world that he and the art critics call Gentle Surrealism. Reminiscent of the works of the famous Russian artist Sergei Smirnov, his work actually has its roots in the works of two great Italian artists Botticelli and Modigliani. His most recent collection of paintings was displayed at an exhibition in The Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia. The artwork of Sasha Bassari attracts collectors to have on their walls something that was exhibited in the Hermitage, Louvre or Taft gallery of London.