Anatol Petrytsky
Anatol Petrytsky (January 31 (February 12), 1895, Kyiv-March 6, 1964, Kyiv) - Ukrainian painter, stage and book designer.
Biography
Born in the family of a railwayman. In 1912-1918 - studied at the Kiev Art School. Was an apprentice of Vasyl Krychevsky. At the same time, he studied at the studio of Alexander Murashko. In 1916, hi debuted as a stage designer. Chief Artist of the Young Theater, Les Kurbas (1917-1919). Having completed the majority of theatre performances, including "Autumn", "Candida", "Flooded Bell", "Christmas Vertep", etc.
In 1927, he was one of the founders (together with writers Geo Shkurupii, Dmitry Buzk, Leonid Skrypnyk, Oleksiy Poltoratsky, Oleksii Vlizko and artist Vadim Meller) of the futuristic organization "New Generation".
He was the main artist of the First State Drama Theater of the Ukrainian SSR and the Ukrainian musical drama in Kyiv. He was engaged in the artistic design of books and magazines. He joined the literary associations "White Studio" (1918) and "Flamingo" (1919).
The painting "Disabled" by A. Petrytsky was presented at the Venice Biennale of 1930, received an extremely high grade there, and then traveled to America for several years as part of an exhibition of paintings, many of which were written by the European press.
He died on March 6, 1964. Buried on Baykovoye cemetery in Kiev (tombstone - bronze, sculptor G. N. Kalchenko, installed in 1970) .
More than 500 works of stage design of A.G.Petrytsky belong to the collection of the Museum of theatre, musician and cinema of Ukraine. Some works are kept at the National Art Museum of Ukraine.