Pyotr Pavlovich Ossovsky (May 18, 1925, p. Malaya Viska, Kirovograd region, Ukrainian SSR - August 1, 2015, Pskov) - Soviet and Russian painter. Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (1995; corresponding member 1988). People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1985). Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1956.