Painter. Member of the Union of artists of the USSR. Professor.
Born in 1922 in Russia, in the village Livenka Bryansk region
From 1937 to 1941, he studied at the Vitebsk art school. VOV.
Has many awards. Lives in Riga from 1944 To 1949 he graduated from the State Academy of fine Arts in the class of painting the floor with Professor gedert Elias.
Regular participant of art exhibitions since 1949 the same year a teacher in the Department of ropisi in GAKH. 1953 – assistant Professor, Department rukovoditel givesi GAH .Since 1963 Professor. Under his leadership, graduate GAH such famous artists as Alexei Fedorov, Gunars Mitrevics, Laimdots Murnieks, Aiy zariņš, and others From 1950 – Chairman, Commission on audit, Department of painting and member of the Board of the Union of Artists of Latvia. A staunch supporter of the realistic direction in painting. Created numerous figurative paintings of large size. Portraits Latviyskih workers of culture and art. In recent years a lot of work in the genres of still life and landscape, where he has perfectly managed to combine the sensitive, delicate tone painting of the poetic and emotional vision of the world. More than 30 works are in the Vladimir Popov and more than 10 papers in the H. L. Union currently teaches painting at Christian Academy. V. I. Kozin made a huge contribution to the development of Latvian culture and art.
