Ivan
Spiridonovich Spiridonov

A naive artist. B. in D. Hallucino Bielsko. (now Oleninskaya district ). Graduated from the 7 classes of Tatev villages. school. Participant Led. Otech. war. From the 1950s he lived in Nelidovo, worked as a machine operator in a woodworking plant. First paintings created in the 1960s Among the works: "New pasture" (1978,Grew. state House Nar. creativity), "Pine forest" and "Landscape" (both 1980, Tver. . House ADV. creativity), "Morning in the country" (1987, THOMM), etc. S. - member of Intern. exhibition "Naive artists of the world"(1990, Moscow), Russian. exhibitions of works samadet. artists (1977,1987, Moscow), 25th reg. of the exhibition "I love this land", etc. Mind. and buried in Nelidovo.