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Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov

Russian artist
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Andrei D. Sarabianov
Art historian and art critic. Author of The Unknown Russian Avant-Garde and Ivan Kliun.
Andrei D. Sarabianov
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Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (born July 25 [Aug. 6, New Style], 1856, village of Ryabovo, Vyatka province, Russia—died Jan. 23, 1933, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Russian historical and landscape painter, graphic artist, and stage designer who was the younger brother of the artist Viktor Vasnetsov. As the son of a priest, Vasnetsov followed family tradition and studied in a seminary. In 1872 he moved to St. Petersburg, where he attempted to enroll in the Academy...

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