Russian painter (died 2010)

Boris Chetkov

Boris Alexandrovitch Chetkov was a Russian painter and glass artist whose works ranged across genres but can be loosely aligned with Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism and Figurative Expressionism. His theories on art and use of colour also align him broadly with Modernism and Kandinsky though in his painting he worked largely in isolation from his peers and remained disconnected from the international art community until the end of Communism. He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists.

Born

1926

October 27

Died

2010

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1920s

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When Boris arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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