Georgiy Grigorievich NISSKY  1903 — 1987

Георгій Григорович НІСЬКИЙ • Георгий Григорьевич НИССКИЙ

Georgi Grigorievich Nissky was born in 1903 in Novebelitsy, Gomel region, Belorussia. Studied in art studio, Gomel in 1919-1921; at Moscow VKhuTeMas/VKhuTeIn 1923. Active in Moscow from 1921. Member of RAPKh 1931. Specialized in thematic and industrial landscapes. Became a Soviet academician in 1954. Awarded Stalin Prize in 1951. Twice Moscow yachting champion (1943, 1944). Died in Moscow in 1987.

Works

En route

Over the snowy fields

Man and Woman