Viktor Andreevich Donskoi (b. 1945)

Viktor Andreevich Donskoi was born in Voronezh on February 2, 1945. He began taking classes in a drawing studio in 1960, where his teacher, Evgeniya Romanovskaya, first predicted that he would become an artist.

After four years in the navy, Donskoi entered Penza Art College and graduated with excellence in 1972. He continued his studies at the Surikov Moscow Art Institute in the studio of Academician E. Kibrik and later taught at art colleges in the Voronezh area.

A member of the Artists’ Union of Russia since 1985, Donskoi has exhibited regularly in Moscow and abroad. His paintings and graphic works are held in collections across North America, Europe, South Korea, and Japan. He lives and works in Voronezh.