Lev Zbarsky


Felix-Lev Borisovich Zbarsky was a Russian Soviet painter. He was born in Moscow, the son of a biochemist. Biochemist Ilya Zbarsky was his brother, and he was the first husband of actress Lyudmila Maksakova.

Biography

Lev Zbarsky the first son of the second marriage of Boris Ilyich Zbarsky with Evgenia Perelman. Lev was born in Moscow in November 1931. Father decided to call his son the name of the man he most respected. Since these people were two: Lev Karpov and Felix Dzerzhinsky, the son was given a double name Felix-Lev.
In 1972, Lev Zbarsky emigrated to Israel, and from there he moved to the United States. He died in New York from lung cancer in 2016.