Painter. Member of the Union of artists of the USSR.
Honored art worker of the RSFSR, Professor of painting MGHI them. V. I. Surikov, workshop leader, well-known Russian artist.
Graduated MGHI them. VI Surikov in the Studio of people's artist of the RSFSR V. G. Tsyplakova. Working for many years in the ancient Rostov the Great, he revived the genre of a Church interior. Referring to ancient art, to the heritage of his great predecessors, particularly appreciating and feeling the art of true colorists, V. N. Zabelin himself worthy of standing in a row artists from the heart to heart transmission of love to the earth, Homeland and organically born of their culture. Work associated with Rostov the Great, its history and architecture have become a recognizable trait of creativity V. N. Zabelina.
Many paintings are in the collections of Russian museums: the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, Ryazan Regional Art Museum, Yaroslavl Art Museum, Tver Regional picture Gallery and other museums of Russia.
