People's artist of Belarus Georgy Poplavsky passes away

30 октября 2017

People's artist of Belarus Georgy Poplavsky passed away. He died yesterday at the age of 86 years. He was the oldest representative of the modern art school. He worked both in graphics and in painting. Georgy Poplavsky is an Academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, National Academy of Sciences of our country, laureate of the State Prize of Belarus. The master made a huge number of illustrations to the works of the classics of Belarusian literature. The funeral will be held on 1 November.