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Description: | Signed: yes Description: This portrait of the famous Russian author, philosopher and reformer Leo Tolstoy is by Ivan Alexejevitch Vladimiroff (1869-1947). Vladimiroff was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, but studied at the Academy of Fine Art in St Petersburg. Later in his career, he became a socialist realist painter, producing scenes of the First World War and the Bolshevik revolution. The aged Tolstoy sits on a bench carved with folk designs. This detail, plus Tolstoy's informal clothing and workman-like attitude, demonstrates his support for the peasantry, despite his noble status, a characteristic that endeared him to the former owner of the painting. | Subjects: | Leo) portrait (Tolstoy | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Vladimiroff, Ivan Alexejevitch (Russian artist, born 1869) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8316... | Go to resource |
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