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Viktor Elpidiforovich Borisov-Musatov

Russian painter
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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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Viktor Elpidiforovich Borisov-Musatov (born April 2 [April 14, New Style], 1870, Saratov, Russia—died Oct. 26 [Nov. 8, New Style] 1905, Tarusa) was a Russian painter of the Art Nouveau period (known in Russia as style moderne), one of the most masterful painters of his time, and who made an important contribution to the history of Russian painting. His female figures are some of the best of the Art Nouveau and Symbolist periods. Borisov-Musatov’s name is...

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