Efim Davidovich Simkin (1915 - 2001)

Efim Davidovich Simkin

Efim Davidovich Simkin (Russian: Ефим Давидович Симкин) was a Soviet and Russian artist of the second half of the twentieth century. He is known as a portrait painter and genre painter.

Efim Simkin became famous for his psychological portraits, as well as genre paintings. The main place in his work was occupied by the theme of the Second World War, of which he was a participant. Many of his works reflect the horrors of war, death, fear, such as, for example, the paintings "Don Quixote. Horrors of War" and "Holocaust. Victims of War." At the same time, his scenes of peaceful life, according to critics, are full of beauty in the ordinary. Large canvases of the master were characterized by increased drama.