Semashkevich Roman

1900 Lebedevo Vilnius province - 1937. He studied at the Vilna Belarusian gymnasium, while in art school Bronislava Tarashkevich. In 1924-27 he studied at the Vitebsk art school at the sculpture department, in 1927-30 - in Vhuteine in Moscow on the picturesque branch. In 1931 he had his first personal exhibition in Moscow. In the same year participated in an exhibition of paintings of "13". Since 1932 member of the Moscow Artists. Arrested in 1937 and sentenced to death. In 1958, posthumously rehabilitated. In 1990, held its first posthumous exhibition of his work. Creative manner of the artist define complex coloristic combinations, color saturation, bright, bold lines. After the arrest of an artist all of his work in the shop were destroyed, retained only those works that were already in private collections and museums. Works are held in the State Tretyakov Gallery and the Pushkin Museum of. A.S. Pushkin, Moscow and some other collections.