Peter M. Bletkin ( ka, ბლიოტკინი პეტრე, russian: Пётр Михайлович Блеткин); (20 June 1903 — 4 February 1988) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

and Georgian painter and graphic artist. He became a Honoured Artist of the

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

in 1961. Bletkin was born in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

(Tiflis) on 20 June 1903. In 1915, Bletkin started his education in painting at the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. The School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at the

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was found in Tiflis after the visit of famous Russian artists – K. Makovsky and I. Repin. During the first year after opening the school was directed by famous artist and illustrator A. Kandaurov. Since 1902 up to 1917, the school had been headed by well-known graphic artist and painter Oskar Schmerling. In 1923, Peter Bletkin entered the Tbilisi Academy of Arts. In 1929, Peter M. Bletkin graduated from Tbilisi State Academy of Art, specialty – painter. From 1928 to 1932 he worked at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet as decorator. In 1932 he joined the Union of Artists of Georgia. In 1958, for their work the artist was awarded "Badge of Honour". In 1961 P. Bletkin was awarded the title of Honoured Artist of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Peter M. Bletkin died on 4 February 1988 at the age of 84 and is buried in the Pantheon Muhadverdi.

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