Victor Alexandrovich Otiev | |
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Born | February 24, 1935 Vladikavkaz, Northern Osetia, USSR |
Died | June 7, 1999 Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation |
Education | Repin Institute of Arts |
Known for | Painting, Graphics |
Movement | Realism |
Victor Alexandrovich Otiev (Russian: Ви́ктор Алекса́ндрович О́тиев; February 24, 1935, Vladikavkaz, Northern Osetia, USSR – June 7, 1999, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet, Russian painter, graphic artist, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.
Victor Alexandrovich Otiev was born on February 24, 1935, in the city of Vladikavkaz, Northern Osetia, USSR. In 1955 he comes to Leningrad and entered at the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin where he was a student of Boris Ugarov, Andrei Mylnikov, 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. His personal exhibition was in Leningrad in 1980. Victor Otiev was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (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.