About the artist:

Born 09.06.1926, village Balki (now Zaporozhe region) – Died 2005, Kiev. Painter, member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (from 1954). Graduated from the Kiev Institute of Art, where he studied under K. Trohimenko, G. Melikhov and K. Elev (1954). Lived in Kiev. Worked in the field of genre painting, landscape and still life. Contributed to numerous national, all-Union and international exhibitions. Works: "Hennery women" (1960), "In the wide open space" (1961), "Springboard" (1963), "Guys" (1969), "Fishermen" (1971), "A jump from a springboard" (1972), "Kids" (1976), "The sun on the Dnieper" (1978), "We're back. 1945 " (1979)," Milkmaids "(1983)," Farewell. 1941 "(1994), and others.