Vilmos-Jozsef Istvanovich Berets (1915 - 1999)

Vilmos-Jozsef Istvanovich Berets

Vilmos-József Istvanovich Berets (Russian: Вильмош-Йожеф Иштванович Берец) was a Ukrainian Soviet artist of the second half of the twentieth century of Hungarian origin. He is known as a painter, graphic artist, teacher, and art historian.

Berets created works mainly in easel graphics, among his most outstanding works are watercolor landscapes. Since 1950 he actively participated in art exhibitions. He was also the author of articles on the theory of art, as well as studies on various artists, including the work of Transcarpathian artists, in the course of which the master collected extensive archival material on the history of the local school of painting.