Mihail Chemiakin, or Mikhail Shchyomakin, Russian, born 1943, In Memory of the Vernissage, 1981, a lithograph, pencil-signed by the artist in the lower margin and marked as an artists proof. Framed. Chemiakin is a prominent painter, sculptor, and graphic artist known for his association with the Leningrad nonconformist art movement and for exploring themes of cultural memory, human psychology, and social allegory. Russian Prints And Art Collectibles.