Eugene Maltsev

Eugene Demjanovich Maltsev (Russian: Евгений Демьянович Мальцев; August 9, 1929, Ryazan Oblast, USSR — December 24, 2003, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of the Soviet Artists), who lived and worked in Leningrad. In 1990-1997 Eugene Maltsev was a head of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, in 1989-1991 was elected a People's Deputies of the Soviet Union from the USSR Union of Artists. Maltsev regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his portrait and historical paintings.