Аңдатпа
Ilbek Sunagatovich Khayrulinov (1939), Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Honored Cultural Worker of the Russian Federation, is one of the leading Altai painters, who made a great contribution to the formation and development of professional art and artistic education in the Altai region, in particular, in Novoaltaysk, in the 1970-2010s. Considerable amount of I. S. Khayrulinov’s creative heritage (60 paintings) is accumulated in the collection of the State Art Museum of the Altai Territory and is an integral element of Altai and Siberian art. Relying on documental materials and paintings from the Museum’s collection the author analyzes the painter’s creative biography and his pictorial works.