Бакшеев, Василий Николаевич

Painter

Born Moscow, 24 December 1862

Died Moscow, 28 September 1958

Until 1878 Baksheev studied at the Moscow Institute for Art Education under V. Makovskii and V Polenov. in 1889 he became a member of the Peredvizhniki, the Itererants, a society organizing travelling exhibitions, and a lecturer at the Moscow School of Painting, where he worked for more than 20 years. Baksheev spent nearly 40 years of his life in de village Odintsov in the Moscow area. In 1943 he became a Stalin Price laureate. He died in Moscow and was buried at the Novodevichii cemetery.

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