Victor Otiev
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, Northern Osetia, USSR - June 7, 1999, Saint Petersburg
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, Russian
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 painter, graphic artist, lived and worked in Leningrad
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, regarded by one art historian as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting
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Biography

Victor Alexandrovich Otiev was born on February 24, 1935, in the city of Vladikavkaz
Vladikavkaz
-Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:...

, Northern Osetia, USSR.

In 1955, Victor Otiev entered at the first course of painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. He studied of Boris Ugarov, Nikita Medovikov, Vladislav Anisovich.

In 1961, Victor Otiev graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Victor Oreshnikov workshop. His graduation work was genre painting named "A Herdsman".

Since 1950, Victor Otiev has participated in art exhibitions. He painted landscapes, portraits, genre paintings, scenes with horses, sketches from the life. One of the leading themes of his art - a equestrian sport. Personal exhibition of Victor Otiev was in Leningrad in 1980.

Victor Otiev was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
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 (before 1992 - the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation) since 1967.

Victor Alexandrovich Otiev died on June 7, 1999 in Saint Petersburg. Paintings by Victor Otiev reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, France, England, USA, Japan, Italy, and other countries.

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