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Last week's Artist of Russia's oldest died before reaching his 101 birthday all month.
Orlov Vasily Sergeyevich (1910, Haivoron, Kursk province).
His grandfather, land Sheremetiev, was a painter. Father, Sergey Orlov (1886-1951), studied by K. Savitsky in the Penza Art School, then - in Kyiv Drawing School. In 1932, VS Orlov graduated from the Kharkov Art College. After moving in 1933 from the Donbass in Taganrog, Vasily Sergeyevich teaches children drawing the 13th and 14 th in urban schools, and his father, Sergei Aleksandrovich, teaches at the 10 th school, art studio, Taganrog Pedagogical Institute. Since 1935, participates in local and regional art exhibitions. During the occupation of Taganrog Orlova stolen on forced labor in Germany, where he was forced to work as a laborer in a factory until the end of the war. Returning after the war in Taganrog, VS Eagles running in Taganrog branch of the cooperative association Vsekohudozhnik "[3]. In 1946, Orlov accept membership in the Union of Artists. And rule three years later for what was in German captivity. After 1953 Orlov proposed to restore the Union of Artists, but he refused [4]. In 1997, some works VS Orlova (among them - a painting "On the native land") was presented and sold at auction «Christie's». For 10.000 dollars his century anniversary Vasily Orlov noted solo exhibition at the Taganrog Museum of Art [5]. His works are in Taganrog Art Gallery, private collections in Russia, the USA, Canada, Italy, Germany and France. Held 9 solo exhibitions.