About the artist:

Born 08 (21) 04 1910 village Veseloe (now Kharkov region) – Died 12.06.1988, Kyiv. Painter. Honored Artist of Ukraine (1985). Studied under M. Sharonov, S. Prohorov, A.Kokel, and I. Padalka at the Kharkov Institute of Art (1921-1928). Worked in Kiev. Contributed to exhibitions (from 1927). Works: "Komsomolka" (1927), "Kolpakovts people on Desna" (1947), "On the Dnieper" (1954), "Lilac" (1960) and others. In the 1930s executed a mural at the Club of Communication in Kharkov.