People's Artist of the RSFSR. In 1947-1953 he studied at MGHI them. V. I. Surikov. Diploma work of Irina Sewankambo V. G. Tsyplakova. Diploma work of the artist began painting "Children in the village library", which became one of the best genre works of the Soviet painting 50-ies. But then in 1953, Irina Savankova could not even imagine that the picture will immediately become the Tretyakov Gallery, and in the textbook "Native speech" it will reproduce for decades.
The children's theme will be the hallmark of creativity Sewankambo that allowed her to occupy a special place in Russian art. Among the iconic works of the artist are also "Way-road of youth" (1970), "Young" (1974).
Work Irina Sewankambo stored in the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum and more than 20 museums of Russia.
