Vyacheslav Tokarev
(1917, Bogoroditsk, Tula province of the Russian Empire – 2001, Odessa).
1938 – Graduated from Ryazan Art College.
1939 – Entered the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin (USSR Academy of Arts).
1941 – 1943 – Fighting in the World War II.
1948 – Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin (USSR Academy of Arts).
1949 – Professor of Painting at the Odessa Art College.
1952 – Admitted to the Union of Artists.
1960 – Awarded the Order “Badge of Honor”.
1967 – Awarded the title “Honored Worker of Arts of the USSR.”
1970 – Awarded the medal “For the Valiant Labor”.
1977 – Awarded the title “People`s Artist of the USSR.”
1985 – Awarded the Order “World War II “(II Grade).
Selected Museum collections:
National Art Museum of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Museum of Modern of Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine.
Odessa Art Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
Odessa Literary Museum. Odessa, Ukraine.
Lviv Art Gallery. Lviv, Ukraine.
Sumy Art Museum. Sumy, Ukraine.
Sevastopol Art Museum of Kroshitskiy. Sevastopol, Ukraine.
Ternopil Regional Museum. Ternopil, Ukraine.
Ochakivskiy Museum of Sudkovskiy. Ochakiv, Ukraine.
Numerous private collections in Ukraine and abroad.