Platonic romance Sophia Loren and Nikas Safronov

• Platonic romance Sophia Loren and Nikas Safronov

"There was an artist had a house and canvases, but he loved an actress, that she loved the flowers ...". All the familiar lines of the popular song '80s to some extent describe the history of platonic romance Sophia Loren and Nikas Safronov. But he was already decades wrote the magnificent portraits of Sophie, and in return it gives to the artist's beautiful smile, he allows himself to worship and love ... as a friend.

Italian actress Sophia Loren and the Russian artist has long term sincere friendship. First met at a party in Italy in 1988, Nikas told her the story of a boy who as a child took the famous actress for the Madonna. And how to find the old villages of the magazine her photo, the boy realized that this woman - not an angel, but a living person. And since then he in love with her and worships. Actress, of course, this story is very impressed and touched.

Portrait of Sophia Loren by Nikas Safronov.

And after three years, having met at the Moscow Film Festival, she presented a picture of the artist autographed and Safronov gave her an ancient medallion, inherited from his mother with the instruction to transfer the woman he truly love. Nikas decided that beautiful and dignified woman than Sophie, he'll never meet.

The first portrait of the actress, written by Nikas Safronov in 1988.

Impressed by the sign of the meeting in Italy, Nikas writes first portrait of his muse, where it is shown in foggy blurred background. This painting and was the impetus for a new direction in the artist's work, new equipment - Dream Vision, for which Nikas Safronov later got into the Guinness book.

Portrait of Sophia Loren by Nikas Safronov.

During the years of sincere friendship the artist, according to recent data, wrote about nineteen beautiful actresses portraits in different techniques. And the image on each of them, muse of the painter: unique, attractive and charming.

Portrait of Sophia Loren by Nikas Safronov.

Nikas Safronov recently opened an exhibition dedicated to its 60th anniversary, which was a lot of distinguished guests. And his longtime muse - 82-year-old Italian Sophia Loren came to Moscow to work together with the artist to cut the red ribbon.