Vasily Vereshchagin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vasily Vereshchagin

Russian painter

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1842

Place of Birth: Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1904

Profession: writer, military personnel, painter

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (Russian: ????´??? ????´?????? ??????´???, October 26, 1842 – April 13, 1904), was one of the most famous Russian war artists and one of the first Russian artists to be widely recognised abroad.
The graphic nature of his realist scenes led to many of them never being printed or exhibited.