Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin

Born: 1835

Death: 1909

Biography:

Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin (Russian: Василий Петрович Верещагин 13 January 1835 in Perm – 22 October 1909 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian portraitist, history painter and illustrator. His father, Pyotr Prokopovich (1795-1843) and grandfather, Prokopy Danilovich (1764-c.1811) were painters. His brothers, Pyotr and Mitrofan (1842-1894) became p...