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mikhail yuryevich kugach

Born 1912 Died 2013

Mikhail Yuryevich Kugach: A Legacy of Russian Landscape Painting Mikhail Yuryevich Kugach (born January 2, 1939) stands as a pivotal figure in the enduring tradition of Russian landscape painting—a lineage tracing back to his father, Yuri Petrovich Kugach, a celebrated People’s Artist of the USSR. Growing up amidst the artistic fervor of Moscow during the formative years of Soviet art, Kugach absorbed the ethos of realism championed by Nikolai Petrovich Krymov and Viktor Dmitrievich Tsyplakov at Surikov Institute—a foundation that would profoundly shape his artistic vision. From a young age,…

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mikhail yuryevich kugach

1912 - 2013

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