(L-R) Zoe Kravitz, Jason Momoa, and Lisa Bonet attend the world premiere of “Conan The Barbarian” held at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live on August 11, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

To produce the images that convey his fatalistic and ironic approach to life, tinged with hope, he needed the environment and knowledge of Mother Russia, oiled with a bit of bribery to certain circus trainers. Enter the Great Russian Bear, the personification of Russia for the last several centuries, onto center stage and into his studio. The bear is recognized as both brutish and cute – Misha was the mascot for the 1980 Olympic Games – and has remained a symbol of Russia since Tsarist times. In 2009 it is the symbol of the United Russia Party.

“The Guinness World Records has consistently listed Sherlock Holmes as the “most portrayed movie character” with 75 actors playing the part in over 211 films. Holmes' first screen appearance was in the Mutoscope film Sherlock Holmes Baffled in 1900, albeit in a barely-recognisable form”. – Wikipedia

Photo: William Gillette as the lead in a stage production of “Sherlock Holmes”, at the Lyceum Theatre. Playwright: William Gillette, Arthur Conan Doyle (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 9th September 1901

These amazing pieces of artwork from a series called “TaxCut” have been created entirely out of money. Chad Person an artist from California created these collages from hundreds of tiny pieces of American dollar bills. Photo: Kraken. (Photo by Chad Person/Caters News)

Austrian Bodybuilder and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger has some fun at a party on a yacht in Marina Del Rey in September 1979 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Soldiers of People's Liberation Army (PLA) Lanzhou Military Region jump through a burning obstacle during a training session at a military base in Tianshui, Gansu province, China, January 6, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)