 He is the author of many paintings and drawings related to World War II and Soviet partisans including the "And the Saved World Remembers".He is also famous for his series of portraits of Soviet intelligentsia including Bulat Okudzhava, Georgy Tovstonogov, Ales Adamovich and Vasil Bykaŭ.Dantsig died on March 26, 2017 in Minsk from natural causes, at the age of 86.