Ukrainian painter. Member of the USSR SS. Born on September 3, 1952 in the village. The ash of the Kuybyshev region (Russia). Since 1959 he has been studying at secondary school in Zhigulevsk. From 1967 to 1971, Yuri Vintayev is trained in the Tolyatti Pedagogical College at the Department of Graphic Arts. From 1971 to 1974, the artist serves in the Soviet Army. In 1976 he enrolled in the Kharkiv Art and Industrial Institute, where he studied at the faculty of easel graphics by I. Karase, V. Sizikova, V.Nenado. Since graduating from the Institute since 1982, he teaches at the Department of Painting. Since 1994 – Associate Professor, since 2005 – Professor.
Participant in regional, republican, all-union and international exhibitions since 1981. Since 1984 Vintayev Yu.N. – member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine. In 2004, the master was awarded the honorary title “Honored Art Worker of Ukraine”. Main works: graphics – series “On the Volga Wide”, “Times of the Year” (both 1982), “Life of the Borders” (1983), “Russian North” (1984), “Picturesque Ukraine” (1984-2000), “Time tests “,” Sedniv “(both – 1987),” Chuhuivschina “(1999-2000); Paintings are Sedniv (1987), Fisherman (1997), Native Slobozhanschina (1998-2001), Rodina, I. Repina, Sevastopol – Hero City (both 2000). Works by Vintayev Yuri Nikolaevich are in private collections in Ukraine and abroad.
Photo: Y. Vintayev “Twilight”