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Boris Grigoriev
Read more...Painter, graphic artist, writer, teacher. Born in the house of Maria Gippius on Mashov Lane (now Chaplygin Street) in Moscow as the illegitimate son of an American governess called Clare Lindenberg a...
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Kazimir Malevich
Read more...Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, writer on art. Born in Kiev (1878) to sugar refinery manager Severin Malevich (1845–1902) and his wife Lyudviga (1858–1942). Grew up in the villages of P...
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