In 1965 Mezhirov graduated from the
Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in the
Victor Oreshnikov workshop with the rank of artist of painting. His degree work was a painting titled
"At the Front". In 1967 Mezhirov was adopted in the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. Since 1965 he had participated in Art Exhibitions, painted genre and historical painting, landscapes, cityscapes, still life. Mezhirov died in Saint Petersburg on 13 June 2012. His paintings reside in State Russian Museum, in art museums and private collections in Russia, France, in the U.S., Ukraine, Germany, England, and throughout the world. ==See also==