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Vasily Vereshchagin

Vasily Vereshchagin
Василий Верещагин
Born(1842-10-26)26 October 1842
Died13 April 1904(1904-04-13) (aged 61)
Port Arthur, Russian Empire (now Lüshunkou, China)
NationalityRussian
Alma materSt. Petersburg Academy of Arts
Occupations
  • Painter
  • Writer
  • Military
  • Traveller
Notable workThe Apotheosis of War (1871)
Suppression of the Indian Revolt by the English (1884)
StyleRealism
AwardsOrder of St. George (4th Class)

Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Вереща́гин; 26 October 1842 – 13 April 1904) was a Russian painter, war artist, and traveller. The graphic nature of his realist scenes led to many of them never being printed or exhibited to the public.[1]

  1. ^ Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 408.

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