Alexei Maximov (born 1952) is a Soviet-born enamellist portrait painter of European royals and oil painter who currently resides in Saint Petersburg Russia. He is known for using traditional methods of enamel art production without the aid of contemporary digital set ovens and is considered a modern master of the artform. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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