Piotr Litvinsky

Piotr Litvinsky studied at Repin Institute of Arts. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Saint Petersburg.

• Name — Piotr Petrovich Litvinsky • Born — 7 November 1927 • Birthplace — Leningrad, USSR • Place of death — Moscow, Russian Federation • Field — Painting, Art teaching • Training — Tavricheskaya Art School, Repin Institute of Arts • Movement — Realism • Awards — Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Piotr Petrovich Litvinsky was born on 7 November 1927 in Leningrad, USSR. His mother was a doctor, his father - a major engineer. In the years 1943-1948 Piotr Litvinsky studied in Tavricheskaya Art School. After graduation in 1949 he entered the Department of Painting of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. There he studied under Piotr Belousov, Ivan Stepashkin, and Ivan Sorokin. 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. His 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. Since 1952 Piotr Litvinsky had participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, historical and genre paintings, landscapes, still lifes, and cityscapes. Piotr Litvinsky was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1955. Over 40 years, Piotr Litvinsky combined his creative activities with pedagogical work. He taught at the Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Industry (1962–1979), in the Alexander Hertzen Pedagogical Institute (1979–1984). In 1984–1986, Piotr Litvinsky taught in Vasily Surikov Institute in Moscow, then in Ilya Glazunov Academy of Arts (since 1987). In 1996 Piotr Litvinsky was awarded the honorary title of the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Piotr Petrovich Litvinsky died in Moscow on 8 July 2009 at the eighty-second year of life. His paintings reside in Art Museums and private collections in Russia, Spain, France, in the U.S., Japan, Italy, and others.