Zaretsky V.I. "Winter"

"Winter"

Zaretsky V.I.

oil on canvas 100 x 100 cm

Viktor Ivanovich Zaretsky was born on February 8, 1925 in Belopolye, Sumy region. An outstanding Ukrainian painter and one of the most talented and famous artists of Ukraine. He studied at the Kiev Art Institute. Teachers: Titov G., Grigoriev S. Worked in the field of easel and monumental painting. Painter and sculptor. Since 1951, he has participated in national, foreign and All-Union exhibitions. Since 1956, he has been a member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Together with his wife, the artist Alla Gorskaya, he was one of the leaders of the Sixties movement, and since 1963 he was the head of the Kiev Club of Creative Youth. He organized his own art studio, which he headed from 1978 to 1985. More than 200 students studied at his art studio. He created the Ukrainian Secession movement and was the first to open the doors of modern Ukrainian art to the world. Main works: "After the Change" (1956); "Hot Day" (1957); "Take Flax" (1960); Girls (1962). The artist died on August 23, 1990.