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Alexander Volkov
Read more...Painter, graphic artist, theatrical and poster designer, poet, teacher. Father of Valery Volkov and artist Alexander Volkov (born 1937). Born to Nikolai Volkov (Russian army doctor of the 14th Turkes...
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Ivan Larionov
Read more...Painter, graphic artist. Younger brother of Mikhail Larionov. Born in the family of Fyodor Larionov and Alexandra Petrovskaya in the town of Tiraspole in Kherson Province (1884). Grew up at his grand...
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Alexander Shevchenko
Read more...Painter, draughtsman, engraver, writer on art, teacher. Born in the family of a clerk called Vasily Shevchenko in Kharkiv (1883). Studied painting and drawing at Kharkiv Realschule (1892–93) and work...
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Niko Pirosmani
Read more...Primitive painter. Born Nikolai Pirosmanishvili in the Georgian village of Mirzaani (1862). Moved to Tiflis (1870) after the death of his parents and worked as a servant in wealthy houses (from 1872)...
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