Anatoli Levitin

Anatoli Pavlovich Levitin (Russian: Анатолий Павлович Левитин; July 16, 1922 – October 11, 2018)^[1] was a Soviet Russian painter and art educator, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of Artists),^[2] who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg and Krasnoyarsk, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting,^[3] most famous for his genre and portrait paintings.^[4]

Anatoli Pavlovich Levitin
Born	(1922-07-16)July 16, 1922 Moscow, Soviet Russia
Died	October 11, 2018(2018-10-11) (aged 96)
Nationality	Russian
Education	Repin Institute of Arts
Known for	Painting
Movement	Realism
Awards	Order of Honour Order of the Patriotic War Medal "For the Victory Over Germany" Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"

In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on the issue of Ukraine and the adoption of Crimea into the Russian Federation based on the results of a referendum held in Crimea.^[5]

See also

• Leningrad School of Painting
• List of 20th-century Russian painters
• List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists