The basis of the exposition of the theme exhibition “A letter from the front by the painter Vladimir Fedorov” dedicated to the Victory Day, is formed by the unique original photographs and sketches by V.A.Fedorov that were given to the museum by his widow N.G.Fedorova. Special attention is drawn by the painter’s letter to his mother written on January 23, 1944, Kirovograd was liberated on January 8, 1944. Personal photographs of V.A.Fedorov in military uniform with inscriptions to his mother are also of great interest.
   Fedorov Vladimir Alexandrovich (1920-1986) was born in Elisavetgrad (Kirovograd). In 1940 graduated from Odessa Art College. Participated in the Great Patriotic War, was decorated with an orders and medals. Since 1978 is a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Was an active participant of All-Union, republican and regional art exhibitions. The oeuvre comprises more than a thousand of paintings and graphic works, which are kept in museums and private collections.
   Life and career of the painter was difficult and thorny. He spent his childhood and youth in Elisavetgrad on the shore of the river Ingul in the house that was situated near the Neuhaus’s mansion, because V.A.Federov’s grandmother worked as a housekeeper there. The Neuhaus family of musicians influenced world outlook of the future painter. H.V.Neuhaus, father of the world-known pianist H.H.Neuhaus, was the first to point out the boy’s absolute pitch and advised him to take music seriously. But an ardour for painting gained a victory. The first painting lessons V.A.Fedorov received from the sister of H.V.Neuhaus’s wife – D.R.Przhshihovska, a graduate of Munich Academy of Arts.
   V.A.Fedorov belongs to the generation that suffered the horrors of the Great Patriotic War. From the very first days he participated in hostilities, as he had been in the ranks of the Red Army since 1940, just after graduating from Odessa Art College. He got demobilized only in 1947. His notebook and pencil were with him during all the war. Unique images of fighters who forged victory are reflected in the front sketches that were made during infrequent minutes between the battles.
    Returning to the native town V.A.Fedorov worked as a painter at first in the local history museum and then in art-industrial workshops.
   The theme of war excited V.A.Fedorov all his creative life, that is why many of his paintings are dedicated to the immortal feat of the Soviet soldier – “Defeat of the German near Moscow” (1971), “Police in the battles for the Caucasus” (1978), “Feat of Hero of the Soviet Union V.Galushkina” (1980) and many others, that were repeatedly exhibited at anniversary and theme art exhibitions.