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Biography
Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (January 27, 1842– July 24, 1910) was a Ukrainian landscape painter of Greek origin.
He studied painting mainly independently and in St.Petersburg Academy of Arts. For some time he worked in the studio of Ivan Aivazovsky.
Kuindzhi initiated the establishment of the Society of Artists, which included landscape painters.