Belarus, celebrates 100th anniversary of famous artist Mikhail Savitsky

Mikhail Savitsky is a great master of the academic art school and the only artist who became a Hero of Belarus. Today is the 100th birthday of the creator of "Partisan Madonna". He transferred the theme of the Great Patriotic War and the victory of the Soviet people to the canvas with monumental pathos. On the anniversary of the master his students (graduates of the creative workshops of Mikhail Savitsky will meet again on Nekrasova Street, 3, where the Center of Contemporary Arts was created. The guests will be able to see the landscape lyrics by Igor Barkhatkov, female images by Vladimir Kozhukh and sentimental works by Alexander Susha.

The jubilee exhibition also includes a painting by Mikhail Savitsky from the collection of the National Center for Contemporary Arts. He painted his "missing persons" in the wake of the Chernobyl tragedy. The President congratulated the participants of the events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Mikhail Savitsky. Alexander Lukashenko expressed his conviction that the anniversary celebrations in the Year of Historical Memory will be held under the sign of preserving the heroic heritage and will help open new pages of life and creativity of the patriotic artist.