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Great writers obsessed with painting

Updated: 2014-10-29 06:57
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4. Alexander Pushkin

The romantic poet painted numerous self-portraits, and also drew many portraits for his lovers. He especially liked to draw people's profiles.

Great writers obsessed with painting
Great writers obsessed with painting

Paintings by Alexander Pushkin [Photo/Contemporary Oil Painting]


Great writers obsessed with painting

This is a collection of stamps issued in 1988 in memory of the 200th anniversary of Pushkin's birth. The stamps feature Pushkin's paintings. [Photo/Contemporary Oil Painting]

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