The body of People's Artist of Russia Shalva Bedoev was found in Moscow

The body of People's Artist of Russia Shalva Bedoev was found in Moscow. This was reported by the Mash Telegram channel.

The famous 85-year-old painter was found without signs of life in his own workshop on Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street by workers of the Union of Artists. Previously, Bedoev’s body lay in the room for about a month.

Shalva Bedoev is a Soviet and Russian painter, academician of the Russian Academy of Arts and People's Artist of the Russian Federation. He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I. E. Repin and headed the department of fine arts at North Ossetian State University. His works combine elements of the academic school with subjects of Ossetian epic and mythology. Bedoev's paintings have been exhibited at Russian and international exhibitions, including in France and the USA, and are included in the collections of the State Russian Museum, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, as well as private galleries.