Lev Zbarsky

American painter
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IntroAmerican painter
PlacesUnited States of America Russia
wasPainter
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth31 October 1931, Moscow
Death22 February 2016New York City (aged 84 years)
Family
Spouse:Lyudmila Maksakova
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Biography

Felix-Lev Borisovich Zbarsky (Russian: Феликс-Лев Борисович Збарский; November 1931 – 22 February 2016) was a Russian Soviet painter. He was born in Moscow, the son of a biochemist Boris Zbarsky. Biochemist Ilya Zbarsky was his brother, and he was the first husband of actress Lyudmila Maksakova.

Biography

Lev Zbarsky - the first son of the second marriage of Boris Ilyich Zbarsky with Evgenia Perelman. Lev was born in Moscow in November 1931. Father decided to call his son the name of the man he most respected. Since these people were two: Lev Karpov and Felix Dzerzhinsky, the son was given a double name - Felix-Lev.

In 1972, Lev Zbarsky emigrated to Israel, and from there he moved to the United States. He died in New York from lung cancer in 2016.

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