In direct academic lineage, Igor Babailov inherited the traditions of his famous teachers, some of the greatest artists in  the history of art.  Babailov's sensitive and skillfully executed works continue the teachings of  Repin, Serov, Korovin and Levitan as they embrace the beauty of God's creation and represent the historic Russian school of painting, which paved the classical foundation for these and many other Masters, including the great American artist Whistler.