Vladimir Veisberg was born in Moscow in 1924. He fought in World War II and was severely wounded. After the war, he attended the Surikov Institute of Art, where he studied painting.
The color theory developed by Veisberg created new possibilities for painting in Russia. The artist regarded color as a manifestation of freedom and independence, a form in which the spiritual self realizes its right to break away from social illusions.
The canonical nature of Veisberg’s art, his faithfulness to the tradition of Kazimir Malevich and Mikhail Matiushin, and his uncompromising attitude toward the limitations imposed on art by the government assured him a unique place in contemporary Russian painting. Veisberg died in Moscow in 1985.