Name Evgeny Rukhin | ||
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Died May 24, 1975, Leningrad Oblast, Russia | ||
Evgeny Rukhin (Russian: Евгений Рухин; July 2, 1943 - May 24, 1976) was a Russian Non-Conformist painter and one of the organizers of Bulldozer Exhibition in Izmaylovsky Park in 1974.
Life
Rukhin was born in Saratov, Russia into a family of scientists. He began painting at the age of twenty, during his geology studies. He was of Russian non-conformist artist working in Leningrad in the 1960s and 1970s. He was married to Galina Popova, an official Soviet artist who has studied stained glass during her art school days.
References
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