Jasef Alexandrovich Serebriany (Russian: Иосиф Александрович Серебряный) (April 25, 1907 – August 12, 1979) was a Soviet painter and stage decorator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists,[1] People's Artist of the Russian Federation, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting,[2] well known for his portrait paintings.

In 1927-1931 studied in Repin Institute of Arts, student of Mikhail Bobyshov, Arcady Rylov, Vasili Savinsky.

In 1947 Jasef Serebriany was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR.

[4] In 1948-1979 he taught in the Repin Institute of Arts as a professor of painting and a head of personal workshop.

In 1966 he was awarded the Silver Medal of the Academy of Fine Arts of the USSR for a portrait of Dmitry Shostakovich.