Viktor Poltavets (artist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ukrainian painter (1925-2003)
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Place of Birth: Polohy, Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Ukraine
About Viktor Poltavets (artist)
- Viktor Vasylyovych Poltavets (Ukrainian: ?????? ?????????? ?????????; 1925 - 2003) was a Soviet and Ukrainian artist, Merited Art Worker of Ukraine (visual, 1974), National Artist of Ukraine (visual, 1984), member of the National Society of Artists of Ukraine (1952). Viktor Poltavets was born in Polohy (today Zaporizhia Oblast) on January 11, 1925.
- In 1950 he graduated the Kharkiv Ars Institute (today - Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts).
- Poltavets primarily specialized in painting and drawing. Among his awards are orders the Badge of Honour (1982), the Patriotic War (2000) as well as some medals.
- Poltavets is buried at the Baikove Cemetery, Kiev.
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