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Vasily Vereshchagin Turkestan Series

By Cristina Berna, Eric Thomsen
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By Cristina Berna, Eric Thomsen
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Vasily Vereshchagin (1842-1904) was a Russian soldier, painter and traveller. He was born to a lesser noble family and sent to the Tsarskoe Selo military academy in 1850, 8 years old. in 1853, 11 years old he joined the Sea Cadet Corps in St Petersburg. He graduated in 1861 but left military service to attend the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts.

In 1863 he won a medal from the academy for his Ulysses Slaying the Suitors. In 1864, he went to Paris, 22 years old, where he studied under Jean-Léon...