About the artist:

Born 1928, Moscow. Painter. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (since 1960). Studied under N. Andriyaka, A. Barsh, and A. Suniasyan at the Moscow School of Art (1944-1949). Graduated from V.I. Surikov State Institute of Art in Moscow (1955). Taught at the Moscow School of Art. Regular participant in exhibitions since 1956, (including his solo exhibitions in Moscow 1986, 1995, 2000, and Bryansk 1996 and others). Works: "Old Soldier" (1960), "1919. Before the Attack,"(1965), "The First Train"(1961), "Surgeons"(1970), theater series; portraits of Meyerhold, I. Ilinski, E. Garin, Z. Reich, and M. Babanova; "Thaw" (2007) etc.