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Painter, graphic artist, photographer, poet, writer, sailor. Born in the family of a border-guard called Vasily Gavrilchik in the town of Termez in south-east Uzbekistan (1929). Worked as an amateur painter (from 1955). Member of the Leningrad underground culture (1970s). Died at the age of eighty-eight in St Petersburg (2017). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1971), including Play and Passion in...
Photographer, painter, graphic artist, collagist, writer, actor. Born in the family of Vasily Matryonin in Leningrad (1951). Studied under Vladlen Gavrilchik and Yury Dyshlenko (1970s). Member of the...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of a cleaning lady and an unknown father in Leningrad (1944). One of the most exciting figures in the Leningrad underground art movement (1960s–70s). Emigr...
Painter, graphic artist. Father of television presenter and politician Alexander Nevzorov (born 1958). Born in the family of a sailor and amateur artist called Sergei Bogomolov in Leningrad (1933). A...