Gabriel
Ivanovich Besedin

[11(23).III.1886 - 29.XI.1963] - B. in Kursk. In 1908 he studied at the Kiev art school under the leadership of V. K. Menka and Seleznev. In 1908 from the St. Petersburg Academy of fine arts received a certificate for teaching drawing. Member of the Union of artists since 1945. His main works are: "Sunny day" (1935), "Streletskaya steppe" (1938), "the River Krivets" (1946), "Under the pear", "River Usman". Of work B. are in the Kursk regional art gallery named after A. A. Deineka and the Kursk regional local lore Museum.

(the author - L. I. Kartavtseva)