Aleksei Ilyich Kravchenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian painter, illustrator, draughtsman and printmaker
Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1889
Place of Birth: Engels, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia
Date of Death: 31-May-1940
Profession: painter, drawer
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Aleksei Ilyich Kravchenko
- Aleksei Ilyich Kravchenko (1889, Pokrovskaya Sloboda [now Engels], Saratov region, Russia - 1940 Moscow, Russia) was a Russian painter, illustrator, draughtsman and printmaker.
- Though Kravchenko first gained recognition as a romantic painter, he was best known during his lifetime as a book illustrator and graphic artist.
- His post-revolutionary paintings were only exhibited in 1974 at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
- Works such as The Kiss (1929) and Indian Fairytale (c.
- 1926) confirmed him as one of the most dramatic romantic painters and boldest colorists of his generation.
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