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Alexey Venetsianov (1780-1847) - Harvesting (1827).
Russia USSR Stamp Issued 1980
Summer. 1827. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia |
Although Venetsianov did not gain a high profile from the academics in the arts community, he did enjoy relative success as an artist after a public service career from the early 1800s to 1819. Tsar Nicholas I commissioned him for works. The artist dies in a horse carriage accident when his carriage plunged down a cliff in 1847. Another of his works
"Oh Father's Dinner" has also been used on USSR stamps.
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