On May 25, 2007 the Russian Academy of Arts
congratulated the prominent artist, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts
People’s Artist of the Russian Federation, Winner of State Prizes Dmitri
Zhilinski with his 80th jubilee. The celebration ceremony took place in the
White Hall of the Russian Academy of Arts and was followed by a film about the
artist’s art. Works by Dmitri Zhilinski belong to
the masterpieces of Russian culture. His paintings can be found in the
major Russian and foreign museums as well as in private collections.
Dmitri Zhilinski has been actively involved in
teaching work. For many years, he has lectured and given classes in V. Surikov
Moscow State Academy Art Institute as a Professor of the Painting Faculty,
as well as has been a Professor of the Moscow Institute of
Polygraphy.