Shadrin Oleksandr Petrovich
Shadrin Oleksandr Petrovich – was born on April 19, 1942, in the Karaidel village, Russia. After graduating from high school, he studied in Krasnoyarsk at the V. Surikov Art School, where he received his first serious skills in drawing and painting. Service in the navy from 1961 to 1965 brought the future artist to Crimea, to the Sevastopol city. In 1970 he graduated from the graphic arts department of the Oryol branch of the Moscow Art Institute, where his teacher was People's Artist of Russia, Professor A.I. Kurnakov. From 1965 to 1975, under the guidance of the famous artist V.I. Grandi-Gaditsky, he worked on the restoration of the panorama "Defense of Sevastopol 1854-1855". Since 1992, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. In 1992 and 2002 the M.P. Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum held personal exhibitions of the artist. The works are kept in art museums in Ukraine, as well as in private collections in Ukraine, Russia, Germany, the USA, England, France, Italy, and other countries. In 2003 he was awarded the title "Honored Artist of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea".