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Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born May 15, 1848 • Russia
Died July 23, 1926 (aged 78) • Moscow • Russia
Notable Family Members brother Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov

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Abramtsevo: Church of the Savior
Painting by Viktor Mihajlovic Vasnetsov of Ivan the Terrible standing in ornate, gold-embroidered robes, holding a staff, beside a decorated throne.
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Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov
Russian artist
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Isaak Ilyich Levitan
Russian painter
Repin, Ilya Yefimovich: Zaporozhye Cossacks
Ilya Yefimovich Repin
Ukrainian-born Russian painter
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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vesnin
Russian architect
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Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov
Russian artist
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Vasily Ivanovich Surikov
Russian painter
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel
Russian artist
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Lyubov Sergeyevna Popova
Russian artist
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Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin
Russian painter
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Pavel Andreyevich Fedotov
Russian painter
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Aleksey Kondratyevich Savrasov
Russian artist
Vereshchagin, Vasily Vasilyevich
Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin
Russian painter
Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter
Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
William Hogarth
English artist
Peasant Dance by Pieter Bruegel the Elder shows villagers dancing, drinking, and socializing outdoors near rustic buildings, with musicians playing in the foreground.
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Flemish artist

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