Vasily Vasilyevich Kuptsov (; 1899–1935) was a

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painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

. He is known for his 1934 work ''Maxim Gorky ANT-20'', which depicts a

Tupolev ANT-20 The Tupolev ANT-20 ''Maxim Gorky'' (, sometimes romanized as ''Maksim Gorki'') was a Soviet eight-engine aircraft, the largest in the world during the 1930s. Its wingspan was similar to that of a modern Boeing 747, and was not exceeded until the ...

in flight.

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Купцов Василий Васильевич (1899-1935)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuptsov, Vasily 1899 births 1935 deaths Russian male artists 1935 suicides Suicides by hanging in the Soviet Union Soviet painters