Schedule. Member of the Union of artists of the USSR.
Anatoly Petrovich Afanasyev was destined to be born June 22, 1929. When the Great Patriotic war, the boy from the Orenburg region was 12 years old. Since then, the birthday became a matter of purely personal, private and family day, as the country on this day from year to year is celebrated a sad date, the beginning of the war. But, becoming a famous artist, Afanasiev their birthdays and anniversaries notes publicly. And, as noted, attending the opening of the exhibition the Governor, there is in this life-affirming sense.
In the paintings of the artist's portraits of famous Penza citizens. Their Afanasiev for his life wrote more than five hundred. But if you consider that closely the creative work of Anatoly Petrovich began, after retirement, the health and talent of the portrait artist to be envied. Striking is not so much resemblance to the original, how many rich spiritual world of the model. And, as Afanasiev by nature romantic, it is in each person and is looking for the best features and properties.
