The collection of Chagall Museum's graphics in Vitebsk has been replenished with works by Honored Artist of Russia Oleg Yakhnin

December 15, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The contemporary graphics collection of the Marc Chagall Art Center in Vitebsk was replenished today with works by the renowned Russian artist Oleg Yakhnin, Lyudmila Khmelnytskaya, director of the Marc Chagall Museum, told a BELTA correspondent. The Honored Artist of Russia, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Humanities, Professor Oleg Yakhnin brought to Vitebsk for the first time several dozen of his works from different years, executed in various techniques. As the master emphasized, it is a great honor for him to exhibit at the Marc Chagall Art Center, one of his favorite artists of the 20th century. Oleg Yakhnin donated 10 works to the Vitebsk Museum, including 6 etchings for the Bible. The contemporary graphics collection of the art center includes over 200 works by contemporary artists, including Mikhail Shemyakin and Boris Zaborov. Oleg Yakhnin's works are held in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, the State Russian Museum, the State Hermitage Museum, in national museums of the USA, China, Great Britain, Germany, and in private collections. The artist is well-known as a book illustrator. He has illustrated about 100 books, including "The History of a Town" by M. Saltykov-Shchedrin, "Faust" by J.W. Goethe, and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by K. Kesey. -0-