KORZH Helium

1925, Moscow. He graduated from Moscow State Art Institute in. I. Surikov (1950). Since 1964 teaching at the Moscow Higher School of Industrial Art (B. Stroganov). Since 1968, directs the creative workshop of painting USSR Academy of Arts. Member of the Artists. People's artist of USSR, member of the Russia Academy of Arts. Korzhev belongs to the representatives of the so-called "severe style" that emerged at the turn of the 1950-60 period, with a tendency towards the dramatic, sometimes tragical way, by the powerful expressive painting. Usually, his characters - strong and courageous people with dignity. Exhibitions both in Russia and abroad since 1954. The most widely represented in works by the artist and the State Tretyakov Gallery, GRM, as well as in many art museums and galleries in the country.