Civil funeral service for People's Artist of Belarus Mai Dantsig to begin at Minsk’s House of Officers at 11:00

28 марта 2017

A civil funeral service for People's Artist of Belarus Mai Dantsig will begin at Minsk’s House of Officers today at 11:00. One of the oldest Belarusian painters would have turned 87 in a month.

After graduating from Moscow State Art Institute named after V. Surikov, Mai Dantsig returned to his homeland and started teaching in 1958. The master of austere style and urban landscape created monumental paintings. Today, Dantsig’s works make up the golden fund of Belarusian art and the artist himself is included in the top 100 best artists of the Soviet era.

Mai Dantsig will be buried in the Eastern Cemetery in Minsk.