Praski Vitti
Praski Vitti (Chuvash and Russian: Праски Витти, born Vitaly Petrovich Petrov, Виталий Петрович Петров; 17 September 1936 – 30 January 2026) was a Russian Chuvash artist, painter, and muralist.
Also recorded as Vitaly Petrovich Petrov · Vitaly Petrov
Praski Vitti
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- Born
- 1936 · Algazino.
- Died
- 2026 · Cheboksary.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- painting
- Education
- Cheboksary Art School · Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design
- Honours
- Order of Friendship · Honored Artist of the RSFSR (visual arts) · Prize of the President of the Russian Federation
- Languages
- Russian
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Praski Vitti (Chuvash and Russian: Праски Витти, born Vitaly Petrovich Petrov, Виталий Петрович Петров; 17 September 1936 – 30 January 2026) was a Russian Chuvash artist, painter, and muralist.
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Praski Vitti (1936–2026) was a painter, of Russian and Soviet nationality. The painter was born in Algazino and died in Cheboksary.
Praski Vitti was educated at Cheboksary Art School. The painter worked for Yakovlev Chuvash State Pedagogical University. Activity centred on painting.
Languages used include Russian. Honours include Honored Artist of the RSFSR (visual arts), Order of Friendship and Prize of the President of the Russian Federation.
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Life and career
Life and career
Praski Vitti studied at Cheboksary Art School and Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is painting. Employment is recorded with Yakovlev Chuvash State Pedagogical University. Distinctions recorded are Order of Friendship, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (visual arts) and Prize of the President of the Russian Federation.
Vitaly Petrov was born on 17 September 1936, as Petrol Vitaly Petrovich in Algazino, a village of the Vurnarsky District of the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR). He experienced many hardships during his time with the military, and he starved, worked in the rear to the front. Vitti was educated at the Cheboksary Art School, then went to study at the Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Design. He illustrated pearl Chuvash literature – a poem by Konstantin Ivanov. Vitti also illustrated the poems of the poet Andrei Voznesensky. Vitti died on 30 January 2026, at the age of 89.
Participation in exhibitions
Participation in exhibitions
From the mid-1970s, Vitti had works exhibited in the German Democratic Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Spain, United States, West Germany, India, Japan, and Turkey. His works are kept in museums and private collections around the world.
Personal exhibitions
Personal exhibitions
1984, 1987, 1993, 1996 «Graphic poetry» – Chuvash State Art Museum (Cheboksary) 1990 «K. Ivanov’s World Poetry» (Moscow) 1993, 1996 – Showroom, Novocheboksarsk 1995 «Finding new homeland Hungarians» – Chuvash State Institute of Humanities (Cheboksary) 2011 – Chuvash State Art Museum (Cheboksary)
Participation in exhibitions
Participation in exhibitions
II International Exhibition of enamel art (Moscow, 1991) International Exhibition of enamels (Covington, Kentucky, United States, 1991) International creative center enamel (Kecskemet, Hungary) Enamels and exhibition graphics (Budapest, 1992) Berlin (1993, 1994, 1996, 1998) International Exhibition (Yaroslavl, 1995), St. Petersburg (1995), Peterhof (1995) Tokyo (1996) Moscow (1997) Paris (1999) Troyes (France, 2002) Barcelona (Spain, 2002)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1936
Praski Vitti born at Algazino.
2026
Praski Vitti died at Cheboksary.
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Algazino.
Birth place
Cheboksary.
Death place
Awards and honors
The first prize of the international creative center enamel (Kecskemet, Hungary) Diploma of the International Exhibition in Salou (Spain) Chuvashia State Prize of the Peter Egorov Diploma III Moscow international exhibition of enamel art Award of the President of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art Order of Friendship
Literature
Davydov–Anatri, V., "Тавах Праски Виттине", Хыпар. – 1997, кӑрлач, 29. Zorsky, Kh. "Халӑх сӑнарӗ – илем ҫутинче", Ялав. – 1996. – No. 5. – С. 93. Krasnov, V., "Чӑваша тӗнчене каларакан", Тӑван Атӑл, 1997. – No. 9. – С. 67. Kuzmin, V., "Праски Витти кӗвви", Хыпар. – 1996. – юпа, 3. Praski, V. «Анне портречӗ – Барселонӑра, Хыпар. – 1997, кӑрлач, 30. Praski, V. "Саккӑрмӗш хут пулчӗ", Н. Смирнова ҫырса илнӗ, Хыпар. – 1998, ҫурла, 19. Praski, V. «Юлнӑ кунсене халӑхӑмӑршӑн ирттерӗп», Хыпар. – 1996, авӑн, 7. Semenov, A., "Германи посольствинче – Праски Витти ӗҫӗсем", Хыпар, 1997, нарӑс, 1. Smirnova, N., "Праски Витти Турцирен тавранчӗ", Хыпар, 1999, ҫӗртме, 8. Tevetkel, M., "Праски Витти художнике саламласа ҫырнӑ шӳт,Ҫамрӑксен хаҫачӗ, 1997, авӑн, 27 (№ 39). – С. 8. Aleksin, V. Испанский дебют чувашского мастера / В. Алексин Совет. Чувашия. – 1997. – 6 авг. Aleksin, V. Париж, конечно, не Чандрово, но и там говорят по–чувашски / В. Алексин Совет. Чувашия. – 1999. – 30 дек. Arapov, V. Выставка, радующая всех нас / В. Арапов Чӑваш ен. – 1996. – 30 нояб. – 7 дек. (№ 47). – С. 8. Viktorov, Y. Колесо – символ вечного движения / Ю. Викторов Совет. Чувашия. – 1995. – 15 дек. Viktorov, Y. Обжигающая кисть / Ю. Викторов Совет. Чувашия. – 1993. – 23 апр. Gordeeva, S. Модель мира в работах художника / С. Гордеева Чӑваш ен. – 1997. – 12–19 июля (№ 28). – С. 4. Егоров, А. Праски Вити рисует жаркие стихи / А. Егоров Жизнь. – 2001. – 24–30 июля (№ 30). – С. 16. Испанские «каникулы» художника Республика. – 2003. – 13 авг. (No. 32). – С. 5. Макшанова, Е. Картины, на которых оживают легенды / Е. Макшанова Чебоксар. новости. – 1994. – 22 дек. Он и в Венгрии свой человек Совет. Чувашия. – 2004. – 12 марта. Осипова, Н. Чувашский народный художник получил международную премию / Н. Осипова Чӑваш ен. – 1999. – 31 июля –7 авг. (No. 30). – С. 1. Праски, В. В Кечкемете, на волнах вдохновения, Республика. – 2003. – 29 окт. (No. 43). – С. 6. Праски, В. «Я рисую канонический образ чувашей...», Современ. Чувашия. – 2004. – 25 нояб. – С. 1, 4. Праски, В. По национальности – художник, Республика. – 2000. – 1 сент. (No. 35). – С. 4. Праски, В. «Теперь уж – настоящий художник»; беседовала И. Пушкина Ульяновец. – 2000. – 14 янв. Трофимов, А. Древо большого искусства, Совет. Чувашия. – 1986. – 17 сент. Тьваш, М. Праски Витти – художник и ученый, Молодеж. курьер. – 1996. – 13 сент. (No. 37). – С. 12. Убасси, С. Уход в символ, Лик Чувашии. – 1994. – No. 3. – С. 147. Шамбулина, А. Праски Витти: «В семье никогда не видел обмана и грубости...» / А. Шамбулина Ульяновец. – 2001. – 7 июня.
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