While anybody is not present, slowly I examine water colors. They at Yuri Shneiderman are the same, as songs - light and little bit sad. Both in mountain and in city landscapes he finds surprisingly harmonious corners. Trees, houses, the people as though make one whole, and home-style warm. Even rainy "Wet day" in a picture turns out fresh, lovely and cosy. Yuri Shneiderman already in tenth time pleases the visitors of gallery of Jewish Community Center with the works. In total thee were 139 - exhibitions of a different level. Yuri Shneiderman is the winner of many international and republican exhibitions, his works are available in Shardenov's museum, Historical museum of Almaty, in Rehlov's museum (Russia), and also in numerous private collections in Almaty, Moscow, St.-Petersburg, other cities of CIS and more than 30 countries of distant foreign countries - USA, Israel, England, Germany, Austria, Australia and other countries.

When, I asked, whether his expositions of different years differ, Yuri was surprised very much: "I write all time and I expose new works. Almost each day I draw a new picture ". And was collected at him about 7 thousand water colors. Among them can not mark out any most favourite. "They at me are like children, - the artist says. - All pictures are favourite".


And you see Yuri Shneiderman has never been the professional artist. Behind his shoulders - there is war, 35 years of work as the engineer -machine builder at a factory named after Kirov in Almaty. About years worked at a factory does not regret, considers, that the factory helped him to become somebody. Warmly respond about him and colleagues. How many competitions have thought up Yuri Shneiderman: and Day of the young worker, and send-off in army, brigade competitions.

Songs he composes less often, but it would be desirable to listen and to listen to them. Thoughtful and little bit sad, simple and clear, they stir to the depth. Not without reason, on presentation all gathered people persuaded Yuri Shneiderman to sing more and more. On presentation of an exhibition of Yuri Shneiderman came as many people, as could contain a hall: the colleagues, artists, Jewish community congratulated. There were people, which got acquainted with Yuri Shneiderman completely casually. Probably something in him attracts even the unfamiliar people.

The friend on work Felix Perlov well told about jubilee man: "Portraits of the leaders, hanging on the factory stand, varied one for another and the water colours given by Yuri Shneiderman to a factory many years ago hang still".

Ocsana Katzimon