Ivan Lavsky

Ivan Ivanovich Lavsky (; 23 August 1919, city of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Soviet Republic – 10 October 1977, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, born in Ukraine who after World War II lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting.

Biography Lavsky was born on 15 August 1919 in the industrial city of Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Ukraine Republic.

In 1939 Lavsky graduated from Dnipropetrovsk Art School, where he studied under Mikhail Panin.

In 1941–1945, Lavsky took part in the Great Patriotic War, which led the Soviet people against Nazi Germany and its allies. As a machine gunner, he participated in the battles, was wounded and marked by military awards.

In 1946–1949 Lavsky attended the Art Studio of the Leningrad House of Officers of Red Army, where his teachers were known artists Michail Avilov and Alfred Eberling.

Starting in 1947 Lavsky participated in art exhibitions. He painted landscapes, genre scenes, cityscapes, sketches from the life.

Since 1956, Lavsky was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists. In 1950–1970 years he made a creative journey in Old Ladoga, Goryachy Klyuch, Gurzuf, Monchegorsk, in Central Asia.

Lavsky died on 10 October 1977 in Leningrad. His paintings reside in museums and private collections in Russia, Ukraine, France, England, the U.S., Italy, and others.