About the artist:

Born 22.04.1924, Novgorod – Died 26.07.1994, Kharkov. Painter and graphic artist, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine, Honored Artist of Ukraine (from 1968), People's Artist of Ukraine (from 1974), winner of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of Ukraine (1985). Fought in the Second World War. Graduated from the Kharkov Institute of Art, where he studied under M. Deregus (1951). Worked in the field of easel painting and easel and book graphics of portraiture, landscape and still life. Participated in the national, Union and exhibitions abroad (including one-man shows in Kharkov and Kiev in 1976). Works: "Dubinushka" (1952), "A. M. Gorky at the grave of Taras Shevchenko "(1961)," Bread of the Revolution "(1965)," Appassionata "(1980), "Earth" (1984), "Mother" (1987)," Thinking folk"(1989 ), and others.