Biography
Born in 1924, Dnipro. Painter. People’s Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1974). Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1969). Laureate of the Taras Shevchenko State Prize of the Ukrainian SSR (1978). Participant of the Second World War. He was awarded state awards. Graduated from the Kyiv State Art Institute (1955). Teachers in the specialty: K. Trokhymenko, I. Shtilman, M. Ivanov, M. Panin. He worked as a teacher of painting and director of the Dnipro Art School (1955-1964). He was the head of the Dnipro organization of the Union of Artists of the Ukrainian SSR (1958-1974), secretary of the board of the Union of Artists of the Ukrainian SSR (1974-1981). He taught at the Kyiv State Art Institute (1975-1978). Participant of exhibitions since 1951.
