1. Piotr Petrovich Litvinsky was a Russian Soviet realist painter and art teacher, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
12 Facts About Piotr Litvinsky
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Piotr Litvinsky was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his cityscapes and historical paintings.
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Piotr Petrovich Litvinsky was born on 7 November 1927 in Leningrad, USSR.
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Piotr Litvinsky's mother was a doctor, his father - a major engineer.
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In 1955, Piotr Litvinsky graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as artist of painting in Rudolf Frentz workshop, together with Yuri Belov, Evgeny Maltsev, Victor Reikhet, Galina Smirnova, and other young artists.
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Piotr Litvinsky's graduated work was an historical painting named "Evpatiy Kolovrat", dedicated to Russian a warrior of the times of Mongol invasion in the 13th century, a hero of Russian epos and many literary works.
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Piotr Litvinsky painted portraits, historical and genre paintings, landscapes, still lifes, and cityscapes.
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Piotr Litvinsky was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1955.
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Over 40 years, Piotr Litvinsky combined his creative activities with pedagogical work.
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Piotr Litvinsky taught at the Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Industry, in the Alexander Hertzen Pedagogical Institute.
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In 1996 Piotr Litvinsky was awarded the honorary title of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
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Piotr Petrovich Litvinsky died in Moscow on 8 July 2009 at the eighty-second year of life.