31 January] 1895 – 6 March 1964) was a Soviet and Ukrainian painter, stage and book designer.

He was Chief Artist of the Young Theater, Les Kurbas (1917–1919) and completed the majority of theatre performances, including "Autumn," "Candida," "Flooded Bell," and "Christmas Vertep."

In 1927, he was one of the founders (together with writers Geo Shkurupii, Dmitry Buzk, Leonid Skrypnyk, Oleksiy Poltoratsky, and Oleksii Vlizko, and artist Vadym Meller) of the futuristic organization "New Generation."

His tombstone was bronze, the work of sculptor Halyna Kalchenko [uk], and installed in 1970.

[3] More than 500 of Petrytsky's works of stage design belong to the collection of the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema of Ukraine.