Shapovalov Sergiy Gavrylovych (15.05.1943 - 4.11.2021), Kirovograd - Honoured painter of Ukraine (2008), a member of the National Union of artists of Ukraine (1989), painter, graduated from Kyiv State Art Institute, now the National Academy of Arts and Architecture (1974) – for original creative works of the 1980s -1990s, that consolidate and develop basic principles of Ukrainian realistic painting, which rest upon tradition of the national art school.