Viktor Popkov, a Russian Painter of Genius

Painter, graphic artist, portraitist, landscape and genre painter. In 1948 - 1952 he studied at MVHPU and continued his studies at the Surikov Moscow State Institute of Fine Art where his teacher was E.A.Kibrik. He won the Grand Prix at the World Biennale in Paris in 1967 when he was just 35 years old. He was also the winner of The State Prize of the USSR (in 1975 - posthumously) The book, written by the distinguished Russian artist and art historian Peter Kozorezenko Jr, is the first in-depth review of Viktor Popkov and commemorates his artistic accomplishments 80 years after his birth.