Naroditskii Lev Iosifovich

Honoured artist of USSR. Born in 1913 in Mariupol. Died in 1977 in Moscow. Took part in the Great Patriotic War (two Orders of the Red Star). Graduated Moscow State arts Institute named after V.I. Surikov (1948) at studio G.M. Shegal and S.V. Gerasimov. Author of the works in war-patriotic theme. Member of Moscow Union of Soviet artists from 1948. Participated in exhibitions from 1946. His most important pictures: “Attack of Parliament in Vienne” (1946), “Firstborn” (1949), “During rest hours” (1952), “In 1941” (1967), “In Stalingrad” (1969), “To the Southern Front” (1969), “Let’s smoke” (1970), “Von Paulus and others” (1970), “Alert” (1975). His works kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery and many other regional museums of Russia.