About the artist:

Born 06.05.1921, city Sochi – Died 2001, Kharkov. Painter, graphic artist, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (from1957), Honored Artist of Ukraine (from 1996). Arrested in 1940. In exile, in village Berek, Kharkiv Region (1947-1953). Rehabilitated in 1961. Studied under B. Kobrin and M. Deregus at the Kharkov College of Art (1936-1940). Lived and worked in Kharkov. Participated in regional, republican, All-Union and international exhibitions (from 1967). One-man shows in Kharkov (1972, 1991 and 2000). Works, "Portrait of a Boy" (1959), "At the Well" (1985) and others.