Portrait of M. Spyrydonov. From the series "BAM-76".

Vladyslav Petrovych Shalamov was a Ukrainian painter. He was born on June 23, 1929 in the village of Vasylkivka, Dnipropetrovsk region. He graduated from the Simferopol Art School (1951 to 1954) and the Kharkiv Art Institute (1959 to 1964). His teachers were O. Liubymskyi and S. Biesiedin. Member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine (1971). Participant of republic, all-Union and international exhibitions starting in 1967. He took part in a creative trip to Transbaikalia, to the construction of the Baikal-Amur Main Line (BAM). Master of subject compositions, portraits and industrial landscapes. His main works include "Post No. 1" (1967 to 1969), "At BAM. My Family" (1975), "Memories of My Childhood" (1976), "In Waiting. Portrait of I. Milska" (1989). works are represented in state and private collections in Ukraine and abroad. Lived and worked in Kharkiv. He died in 2002.