Belikov Vasily Matveevich (1922-1994) Born in Svishchevka, Tambov Province, Russia. Participating in the Second World War. After the war lived in Penza, Russia. In 1975 he was accepted into the USSR Union of Artists. His main creative expression was in landscapes and to a lesser degree, still life and portraits. The artist is listed in "A Dictionary of Twentieth Century Russian and Soviet Painters" and also inthe "World Biographical Dictionary of Artists" (Saur Verlag GmbH & Co, Redaktion AKL, Leipzig, Germany; Volume 8). V.Belikov has the 4-th cathegory in the “United Artist Rating”.