Vasily
Ivanovich Grigoryev

Painter. Member of the Union of artists of the USSR.

In 1918-1922 attended Sukharevskaya evening courses self-study and drawing evening classes at the First state free art workshops. He continued his education at the VKhUTEMAS in Moscow (1922-1929), where he was engaged as a permanent student under the guidance of I. I. Mashkov, S. V. Gerasimov, D. A. shcherbinovsky.

He lived in Moscow. He painted landscapes, genre paintings. From 1924 he worked as an artist in various institutions in the treaties. 1926 — participant of exhibitions. A member and Exhibitor of the society "Genesis" (1926, 1927), group of artists "Wing" (1927), Society of Moscow artists (1929). Participated in Artistic and handicraft exhibition of the USSR in new York, Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit (1929).

In 1940-1945 he worked as chief artist of the Central Museum of the revolution, 1949-1953 — VSHV.

In the 1950s, created a picturesque series of "Old and new Moscow".

The works are in many Museum collections, including the State Russian Museum, several regional museums.