Sasha Putrya ( uk, Саша Путря; December 2, 1977 – January 24, 1989) was a

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artist who became notable through painting thousands of artworks, before dying at the age of 11 from

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Biography

Sasha (Oleksandra) Putrya was born on 2 December 1977 and lived in the region of

Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. Having started

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

at the age of 3, by the time of her death at age 11, she had created around 2,279 paintings and drawings, many of which are collected within 46 albums and are on display in a museum in Poltava, Ukraine. She had an intense interest in

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, though she had never been there—she loved the country, its music, clothes, and customs, and even dreamed of marrying the Indian film actor

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. Sasha Putrya died on 24 January 1989 of

. She was buried, dressed in Indian saris with a small photo of Mithun Chakraborty, her lifetime talisman.

Notes and references

External links

* http://www.lovemity.narod.ru/risunki.html Some images of her artwork
Article about her work and awards

Sasha Putrya's museum
1977 births 1989 deaths Artists from Poltava Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in the Soviet Union 20th-century Ukrainian women artists 20th-century Ukrainian painters {{Ukraine-painter-stub