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The Apotheosis of War
Vasily Vereshchagin · 1871
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Vasily Vereshchagin
Russian Empire · 1842–1904
Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin was a Russian painter, war artist, and traveller. The graphic nature of his realist scenes led to many of them never being printed or exhibited to the public.
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The Apotheosis of War
Vasily Vereshchagin · 1871
Tretyakov Gallery
The Apotheosis of War is an 1871 painting by Russian war artist Vasily Vereshchagin. Following his completion of the painting, Vereshchagin dedicated his work "to all great conquerors, past, present and to come". Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a pile of skulls outside the walls of a city in Central Asia.
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