Biography Zbarsky

Felix-Lev Borisovich Zbarsky November 12-February 22-Soviet and American artist.

The son of the biochemist Boris Zbarsky, the director of the laboratory under the Mausoleum of Lenin, the brother of the biochemist Ilya Zbarsky, the first husband of the actress Lyudmila Maksakova and the model of Regina Zbarskaya, the civil husband of the actress Marianna Vertinskaya. Father decided to name his son by the name of the man whom he respected most. In Tyumen, the lion showed interest in drawing.

Father found in the city of an artist who for several years gave the boy lessons. After school, he entered the printing institute, where he received the specialty of the artist-graphic artist of the illustrator of books. Lev Borisovich Zbarsky as an artist, namely as a schedule, was from the very beginning in sight. He became famous for the bird on the cover of the book of Olesha, the output of which in the year caused a splash.

Naiman “Romance with a samovar” Sergey Dovlatov in the book “Solo on Underwood” wrote that the Khrushchev thaw began with the drawings of Zbarsky. And he called his illustrations to Olesha. He acted as a production designer of several animated films: “Bath”, “Muscovite”, “Orchestra Country” emigrated to Israel in the year, and moved to the United States from there.

Anatoly Naiman so explained the reason for this act: he emigrated when he was successful, a workshop in the center of Moscow, a dacha in Silver Bor, was surrounded by friends, bright people, beautiful women. Just from boredom, from the general grayness of life, from locality, prohibitions, inaccessibility of abroad. Instead of a Soviet alleged career, he preferred the unknown there, which but gave liberties and independence.

The Mayan Plisetskaya ballerina loved to tell such a story about him: once he painted the devil, and he was told that his devil was too modernist. Zbarsky replied: "I will draw realistically, you just give nature." In an interview with the magazine “Only Stars” on August 19, a friend of Zbarsky Roman Kaplan said that the artist is seriously ill, he has lung cancer. He lives in New York, became a recluse, with his son Maxim from the actress Lyudmila Maksakova does not communicate, as with her grandson Peter.

Personal life in the beginning of the 10ths is the husband of Regina Zbarskaya. Soon Lev became interested in actress Marianna Vertinskaya, and then went to Lyudmila Maksakova, who gave birth to his son convicted in Russia. Avoti: Wikipedia.