Nikolay Tyrsa

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Nikolay Andreyevich Tyrsa
Никола́й Андре́евич Ты́рса
Aralik
Died10 February 1942 (aged 55)
NationalityRussian

Nikolay Andreyevich Tyrsa (1887-10 February 1942) was a

Russian painter. Nikolay Punin admired his work, in 1916 describing it as "organic, powerful and steady art; art, which we have been long waiting for, which we called for – the way to the art of the future."[1]

From 1905 to 1909 Tyrsa studied under

During the siege of Leningrad Tyrsa became seriously ill and was evacuated to Vologda on 29 January 1942. He died there several days later.[3]

References

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  2. ^ The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. 1979.
  3. ^ "Soviet artist Nikolai Andreyevich Tyrsa 1887-1942". Soviet Art (in Russian). Soviet Art. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2021.