In mid 1960s the first materials were published about Grigory Zhuravlev of Utevka – an extraordinary self-educated peasant icon-painter who was born with no legs or arms and painted by clutching a paintbrush between his teeth.
He was discovered and revealed to the world by Alexander Stanislavovich Malinovsky who started to collect information about his extraordinary fellow-countryman. He had a chance to talk to people who knew Zhuravlev personally and was able to find his icons. Ever since the d...