Boris Chaliapin

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Boris Chaliapin (1904–1979) was the son of Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin and brother of The Name of the Rose actor Feodor Chaliapin, Jr.

Time magazine cover featuring Boris Chaliapin’s portrait of Soviet scientist Alexander Nesmeyanov, June 12, 1958

He worked as an artist for Time magazine, for which he illustrated more than 400 covers, from 1942 (featuring Jawaharlal Nehru) to 1970 (featuring Richard Nixon).[1]

Boris as child with his father (1912)

References

  • Profile at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery


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