Boris Chaliapin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Boris Chaliapin

Russian artist

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1904

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 18-May-1979

Profession: artist, painter, sculptor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Boris Chaliapin (Russian: ????? ????????? ????´???; September 22, 1904 – May 18, 1979) was the son of Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin and brother of The Name of the Rose actor Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. He worked as an artist for Time magazine, for which he illustrated more than 400 covers, from 1942 (featuring Jawaharlal Nehru) to 1970 (featuring Richard Nixon). Other illustrators of Time covers during this period, which has been called the golden age of Time covers, included Boris Artzybasheff, Robert Vickrey, James Ormsbee Chapin and Bernard Safran.