About the artist:

Born 27.08.1943, village Kalinowo (now Lugansk region). Painter, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (since 1985). Honored Artist of Ukraine (since 1996), People's Artist of Ukraine (since 2009). Graduated from the National Studio of Fine Art in the Franko Palace of Culture in Donetsk under A. Lyahov (early 1960s). Graduated from the Donetsk school of designers (1976). Works in the genre of thematic painting, landscape and still life. From 1972, member of regional, republican, all-Union and international exhibitions (including one-man show Donetsk in 2003, and etc). Works: "Rural Olympics" (1980), "Manifestation" (1982), "Christmas Carols" (1996), "Pines in Winter" (2005), a series of "The Cossack Ukraine" and others.