Born 5 Aug 1932 in Kharkov. Art. Honored worker of arts of Ukraine, candidate of art history. In 1957 graduated from the Leningrad Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture im. I. Y. Repin. Worked as a research fellow of the Academy of construction and architecture of USSR, Institute of art studies, folklore and Ethnography them. M. T. Rila Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. The main direction of scientific activity - the study of the history and modern problems of Ukrainian art. Scientific works: the monograph "Ukraine in the works of I. Y. Repin" (1963) "the Artist and Suchasnist" (1967), "George V. Yakutovich" (1968), "Geroi folk feat. Resentment and the events of the great Patriotic war in Ukrainian fine art 1941-1945 rokiv" (1970), "Georgy malakov" (1974), "Theme - idea - image. Development trends of modern Ukrainian art. 1945-1972" (1975), "Ukrainian Soviet art of the period of the civil vine" (1980), "the Artist. Art. Time. A collection of original art selected articles" (1982); a series of publications landscape type, problem investigations, journalistic articles; co-author of fundamental books ("the History of Ukrainian is" - T. 4, kN.II, 1970; V. 5, 1967; V. 6, 1968). The National Academy of fine art and architecture since 1974, and since 1994 - Professor. In 1974-1975 - head of the Department of theory and history of art, 1985-1990 - Dean of the faculty of history and theory of art. Courses from the history of Ukrainian art of XIX-XX centuries, Russian art of XX century, leads a workshop of art criticism at the faculty.
