About the artist:

Born 25.03.1933, village Shatrische, Zhitomir region – Died 2007. Painter, member of the National Union of Ukraine (from 1980), Honored Artist of Ukraine (from 1992), winner of the Nechuy-Levitsky State Prize. Graduated from the Kiev Institute of Art, where he studied under P. Sleta, M. Khmelko and I. Shtilman (1966). Taught there (1966-1988). Author of landscapes, still lifes and genre paintings. Member of national and all-Union exhibitions (from 1964). Works: "Hut at the river" (1957), "May Kiev" (1967), "With the harvest" (1970), "Postwar Spring" (1975), "Will" (1989), "Kanev Cossack Rada" (1993) "To kingdom come my friend, to God" (1994), "Tenderness" (2000) and others.