About the artist:

Born 14 (27) 12.1909 village Sinyuhin Brod (now Odessa region) – Died 19.09.1997, Chisinau, Moldova. Painter, graphic artist. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, Honored Artist of the Moldavian SSR. Second World War participant. Studied under B. Jokhanson at the Russian Academy of Arts (1935-1947). After the war, he continued his studies and graduated in 1947. Moved to Kishinev. Director of the Museum of Art (1952-1962). Taught at the Polytechnic Institute in the established by him department of Drawing and Painting (1969-1989). Worked in the thematic paintings, landscapes and portraits genres. Works: portrait of artist R.Okushko (1956), "Portrait of a trolley bus driver K. Vasilache" (1963), "G. I. Kotovskij. Oath "(1968), "Not one step back" (1981), "Self-Portrait in the Studio"(1981) etc.