Vasily Chekrygin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian painter (1897-1922)
Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1897
Place of Birth: Zhizdra, Russia
Date of Death: 03-Jun-1922
Profession: painter
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Vasily Chekrygin
- Vasily Nikolaevich Chekrygin (Russian: ??????? ???o??e??? ?e?p????; January 19, 1897, Zhizdra, Kaluga Oblast - June 3, 1922, the station Mamontovka, Moscow region) is a Russian painter, graphic artist. He spent his childhood in Kiev.
- He studied at the school of icon painting at the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and urban school (course of 6 years).
- At thirteen he entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.The first illustrated and printed in lithography poetry of Mayakovsky.Creative and the life of the artist broke very early.
- At the age of twenty-five years Chekrygin died after being hit by a train.
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