Semion Rotnitsky

Semion Aronovich Rotnitsky
Born December 28, 1915
Minsk, Russian Empire
Died 2004
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Education Repin Institute of Arts
Known for Painting
Movement Realism
Awards Order of the Red Star
Order of the Patriotic War
Medal "For the Victory Over Germany"
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"

Semion Aronovich Rotnitsky (Russian: Семён Аронович Ротницкий; December 28, 1915, Minsk, Russian Empire — 2004, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Art worker of Tatar Republic, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of Artists),[1] who lived and worked in Leningrad.

Rotnitsky is regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting,[2] most famous for his portrait paintings. From 1948 through 1960 he was senior lecturer and director of the Kazan Art School. His memoirs are titled "The Strength of Beauty".[3]

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References

  1. Справочник членов Ленинградской организации Союза художников РСФСР. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1987. C.111.
  2. Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.9, 18, 20, 21, 24, 391, 393, 394, 396, 398-406, 439, 445.
  3. Ротницкий С. Сила красоты. Записки художника. СПб., 2000.

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