Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov

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Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov

Russian artist

Written by Andrei D. Sarabianov

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Born:: May 3 [May 15, New Style], 1848, Lopyal, Vyatka province, Russia

Died:: July 23, 1926, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R. (aged 78)

Notable Family Members:: brother Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov

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Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (born May 3 [May 15, New Style], 1848, Lopyal, Vyatka province, Russia—died July 23, 1926, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Russian artist, designer, and architect whose monumental works include the facade of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. He was the older brother of the painter Apollinary Vasnetsov. Born into the family of a priest, Viktor received his first drawing lessons in the Vyatsky Seminary in the early 1860s. In 1867 he moved to St. Petersburg and enrolled in the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, where he was mentored by Ivan ...(100 of 451 words)

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