By Natalia Bordilovskaya: The legendary graphic artist and People's Artist of Belarus Georgy Poplavsky, 86, passed away yesterday. The laureate of many professional awards, an Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Academy of Arts of the USSR, Georgy Poplavsky is known primarily as a representative of the school of "harsh realism". He was an artist who captured in his works the Great Patriotic War and its tragedy and heroism of his people. A philosopher and at the same time a lyric poet with a bright recognizable style, he will be remembered through hundreds of graphic and pictorial works and illustrations to books, as well as by dozens of students that he taught.
The funeral service will be held on 1 November.












