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Igor V. Babailov, Hon.RAA, KStA

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Igor Babailov, Knighted Chevalier of the Order of St. Anne - featured on the Billboard at Times Square in New York City

Igor Babailov on the Billboard at Times Square, New York City

In his life-time professional portrait career, Igor V. Babailov, Hon.RAA, KStA, MFA(Ph.D), D.Litt.(Hon.Causa), has painted over 2,000 portraits. More than half of these are in the official public, distinguished private, corporate and museum collections around the world.

He is the only portrait artist to have received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2022) which ranks as one of the highest awards in America with his name read into the Congressional Record.

Babailov was selected to paint legacy portraits of Presidents, Prime Ministers, members of noble families/ royalty, and four living Popes for the Vatican, to name a few.

Igor Babailov has been featured in art publications and news media nationally and internationally, such as: The New York Daily News, Washington Post, The Times of Malta, National Review, CBC News, the Vatican's ZENIT, Live with Regis and Kelly Show, The Artist's Magazine, Art World News, International Artist, Classical Realism Journal, The Moscow Times, AskMen, MercatorNet, The Encyclopedia Tematica del Peru, Italian American magazine Primo, and many others.

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Ellis Island Medal of Honor

2022

Honorary Doctorate,

Cumberland University (est.1842)

Portrait of George Washington, by Igor Babailov. Official unveiling. Collection: Mount Vernon Museum

New Portrait of George Washington,

Official collection: George Washington's Mount Vernon Museum

Distinguished Fellow,

Ciocca Center of the Busch School of Business,

Catholic University of America

Pope Leo XIV

Audience and life-studies in preparation for the new oil portrait.

Pope Francis

Portrait presentation

Igor Babailov - official portrait sitting with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney at the artist's studio.

18th Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney

Pope Benedict XVI

Collection: Vatican Museum, Rome

Portrait sitting with Gov. Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England

Prime Minister Mark Carney - former Governor of The Bank of England, and The Bank of Canada

Official Portrait of Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, by Igor Babailov

Official portrait sitting, Justice Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States, portrait artist Igor Babailov, in preparation for the official portrait

Justice Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court - portrait sitting in preparation for the official oil portrait

Igor Babailov meeting Nelson Mandela - official photography, Ottawa, Canada

Life sitting with Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela, Official Life Portrait Sketch by Igor Babailov

Official Portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin, by Igor Babailov. Official Portrait Presentation

President Vladimir Putin of Russia

Commissioned by Canadian Government and presented by Jean Chretien, Prime Minister of Canada

Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI by Igor Babailov. Vatican Splendors Exhibition - with the Vatican Curator Msgr. Roberto Zagnoli and Mark Greenberg

Babailov's Portrait of Pope Benedict XVI, selected by the Pope to represent his papacy at the Vatican Splendors Museum tour and displayed alongside the works of Michelangelo, Giotto, Bernini and other Great Masters of the Renaissance.

American Pianist Byron Janis

and Dr. James Watson, discoverer of DNA

Portrait unveiling of Prince Andrew The Duke of York, by Igor Babailov. Official Portrait Unveiling. Collection: Buckingham Palace, London

General David H. Petraeus

U.S. Military Commander, CIA Director

Portrait of General David Petraeus, by Igor Babailov. Collection: West Point Academy Museum

President George W. Bush

43rd President of the United States

Officially commissioned to Igor Babailov on behalf of the G8 Summit members.

Collection: George W. Bush Presidential Library.

Official portrait unveiling of Justice Alito, U.S. Supreme Court Justice portrait, portrait artist Igor Babailov with Justice Samuel Alito, collection Supreme Court of the United States official portrait

Justice Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court - official portrait unveiling

Igor Babailov's Audience with Pope John Paul II

Pope St. John Paul II

Official Portrait of Pope John Paul II, by Igor Babailov. Collection: Vatican

Rudy Giuliani

Mayor of New York City

Col. Christoph Graf, Commander of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, Vatican

Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna presenting Igor Babailov with the Order of St. Anne, in Malta

Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna, awarding Igor Babailov with the knighthood of dynastic Order of St. Anne (est.1735)

Reggie Jackson,

American Baseball Legend

Igor Babailov with U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Mary Ann Glendon. US Embassy, Vatican, Rome

U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Mary Ann Glendon, Vatican

Prince Andrew The Duke of York, 2014

Ambassador Michael Novak, Theologian, Templeton Prize recipient, author, diplomat, and artist Igor Babailov - Portrait Unveiling

Amb. Michael Novak

Official photography - Igor Babailov and two Prime Ministers of Canada, photographed in the very room where Winston Churchill posed to Yousef Karsh for his 1941 iconic photograph.

This official photography - Igor Babailov and two Prime Ministers of Canada, photographed in the very room where Winston Churchill posed for his 1941 iconic photograph by Yousuf Karsh.

Winston Churchill (1941), photographed by Yousuf Karsh in the very room, where in 2002, Igor Babailov and two Prime Ministers were officially photograph in that very room where Winston Churchill posed for his 1941 iconic photograph.

Supreme Court of New York

Justice Joseph P. Sullivan

Portrait of American actor Tony Lo Bianco ("The French Connection" and many other films), by Igor Babailov. Official unveiling in New York City.

Her Excellency, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta

Isadore Sharp, Founder and chairman - Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, with his life-size portrait by Igor Babailov far in the background.

Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts

Isadore Sharp, Founder & CEO, with his life-size portrait in the far background.

Tony Lo Bianco

American Actor

Portrait Artist Igor Babailov - Portrait sitting with Prime Minister Jean Chretien, at 24 Sussex Dr., the Residence of Prime Minister in Ottawa, Canada

Igor Babailov - elected Hon. Academician of Painting to the Russian Academy of Arts (est. 1757)

Hon. American Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (est.1757)

20th Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chretien.

Mikhail Kalashnikov,

Inventor of AK-47

Portrait of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, by Igor Babailov. Official Portrait Unveiling at the Cathedral of Christ The Saviour. Collection: Moscow Patriarchate.

His Holiness Patriarch of Russia, Kirill

Governor Yves Fortier

The Hudson's Bay Company (incorporated in 1670).

Tiki Barber

American Football Star

Regis Philbin,

American Entertainer

Bobby Hull,

Hockey Legend

James Gandolfini

American Actor ("The Sopranos", etc.)

Vladislav Tretiak

Hockey Legend, Portrait presentation

Portrait of Judge Seth Norman,

Official portrait unveiling - Nashville, TN.

Wright Pinson portrait unveiling, with Dr. Billy Hudson, Dr. Julie Hudson, Igor Babailov, Hon.RAA, Dr. C.Wright Pinson, CEO Vanderbilt Health System, at the Hospital Hospitality House in Nashville, TN

Portrait of C.Wright Pinson, MD, MBA, CEO Vanderbilt Health System

From left to right:

Dr. Billy Hudson, Dr. Julie Hudson, Igor Babailov, Hon.RAA, Dr. C.Wright Pinson

Boomer Esiason

American Football Star

Bill Gallo

American Sports Illustrator, New York Daily News

Bucky Dent

American Baseball Legend, Presented at Yankee Stadium in New York City

Steven Spielberg's World Celebrities Art Fair in Tokyo, Japan. Igor Babailov

Portrait of film director Akira Kurosawa by Igor Babailov. Steven Spielberg World Celebrities Art Fair in Tokyo, Japan. Igor Babailov

Igor Babailov was invited to unveil his portrait of the legendary film director Akira Kurosawa at Steven Spielberg's World Celebrities Art Fair, in Tokyo, Japan