47” x 62 1/2″ oil on canvas signed
1912 - 1981
A native of Kiev, Kerzhner studied at the Kiev Art Academy 1967-1973. Following graduation fromthe Academy, the young artist’s first public exhibition was in 1974. That same year, he gained acceptance into the Ukrainian Union of Artists.
Kerzhner’s works may be found in museums in Leningrad, Kiev and Kharkov, as well as in private collections in Germany, France and the United Kingdom. An Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, Kerzhner is active in Kiev. He is listed in Matthew Cullerne Bown’s, A Dictionary of Twentieth Century Russian and Soviet Painters, 1900-1980’s.