Semion Aronovich Rotnitsky (Russian: Семён Аронович Ротницкий; 28 December 1915 — 2004) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Art worker of Tatar Republic, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of Artists),[1] who lived and worked in Leningrad.

Rotnitsky is regarded as a representatives of the Leningrad school of painting,[2] most famous for his portrait paintings.

From 1948 through 1960 he was senior lecturer and director of the Kazan Art School.

His memoirs are titled "The Strength of the Beauty".

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