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Unfortunately, young Russian artists are in a difficult position today. Painting, like all other arts, rests on a continuity of experience. More than anything, young painters and sculptors need to know the works of their immediate elders. Such a continuity does not exist here to a sufficient degree in the visual arts.

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Ilya Ehrenburg
Age: 76 †
Born: 1891
Born: January 27
Died: 1967
Died: August 31
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