Gleb Aleksandrovich Savinov was born in Natalievka, Ukraine, in 1915. His father, Alexander Ivanovich Savinov, was a well-established artist and Gleb's first teacher. He eventually entered the Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture and studied there from 1934 to 1940 under A. Osmyorkin. Savinov taught at the Repin Institute from 1945 to 1947 and then at.. (bio to be updated)