And the painting "Yegorka, the Flyer" seems to have been inspired by Andrey Tarkovsky's film "Andrei Rublyov," which starts with a 4-minute episode about a man in the 15th century attempting to fly. (https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/painter-of-russian-grief-gely-korzhev-at-the-new-tretyakov-gallery-48250)