Russian artist (1894-1958).
Born November 9th, 1894 in Kaunas. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1958 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel