Vereshchagin
Americannoun
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But the midday, presale removal of the Keith and Vereshchagin paintings prompted immediate outcry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Vereshchagin and his wife escaped in a car through the woods during a brief break in the fighting.
From Reuters ● Apr. 1, 2022
In St. Petersburg on Wednesday, one activist stood on a busy sidewalk holding up a copy of Russia’s most famous antiwar painting, “The Apotheosis of War” by Vasily Vereshchagin.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
This mighty work, compared by some to the war paintings of the late Vassili Vassilievich Vereshchagin, was originally hung in a Cologne museum.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Mrs. Vereshchagin led the way, because she could speak English a little better than the others, but her English failed her when she came face to face with the bride.
From Ethel Morton at Rose House by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
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