Pyotr Dorofeyevich Slyota (1911 - 1974)

Pyotr Dorofeyevich Slyota

Pyotr Dorofeyevich Slyota (Russian: Пётр Дорофеевич Слёта) was a Ukrainian Soviet artist of the mid-twentieth century. He is known as a painter, famous for his thematic paintings and landscapes.

In his works, according to critics, Pyotr Slyota showed the best features of Soviet art - patriotism, humanism, love for nature. In his work an important place is occupied by works devoted to the history of Ukraine. In landscape works from different countries where the artist visited ("Street in Košice", "Charles Bridge", "Paris. Notre Dame"), he managed to reveal the national and social features of these cities.