Member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Member of the St. Petersburg Watercolor Society.
Graphic artist, book illustrator. One of the best watercolorists in Russia.

Vladimir Georgievich Zarutsky was born on March 27, 1967, in Orenburg. He graduated from the Orenburg Art College. He currently lives in St. Petersburg. He is a member of the St. Petersburg Watercolor Society and the Union of Artists of Russia. He has participated in and received diplomas from numerous Russian and international exhibitions (Italy, Thailand, China, and others). Zarutsky's watercolors are held in the Dostoevsky Museum (St. Petersburg), the Tsarskoye Selo Collection Museum, and in private collections in Russia and abroad.

Vladimir Zarutsky about his work:
“I was born in Orenburg and graduated from art school there. Since my teachers came from the Repin Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, I was raised in the spirit of that school. Now I have lived in St. Petersburg for over 30 years, and it has truly become my home. I work a lot outdoors because the city is like a living organism. It is always different, always in motion, so my interest in nature never fades. When working on an urban landscape, I try to select the main features, fading the background into the haze. The northern capital is beautiful in both cloudy and sunny weather, so there is always room for inspiration here. In some of my compositions, I depict Leningrad in the 1950s and 1960s, with the romance of that time. With new Volgas, Chaikas, and striped black-and-white “loaf” buses. To convey the historical authenticity of the city, I use old photographs in my work, slightly altering the subject matter. The aesthetics of the past are closer and more understandable to me. It's like farsightedness: what's closer is less visible, while what's further away is clearer.”