On the other line, I nobleman, my ancestor was baptized Murza Ivan the Terrible, after the capture of Kazan, then this kind can be traced by Peter among the victims of the old faith. The poet Pushkin's time, too, Kamenev, a relative of mine. A relative of mine was a famous collector of St.-Petersburg, in his saloon there were composers Tchaikovsky and Cui. So it has been collecting in our family, we have already passed. I do not collect, I myself am the subject of collecting.
Artist Nicholas Manuilov (Cook) - Where learned to painting?
- I took private lessons with an old school artist Auzberga Munich, he, poor thing, it suffered in Russia. These lessons to me was enough. He taught me the main thing - a sensitive approach to the subject of the drawing. Then there were the years of military service ...
- What years?
- Military service. Service in the army. Since then, by the way, be sure to write it, since 1965 I do not read newspapers. I do not apolitical, I vneistorichen entirely removed from time.
- Yes, your sculpture, your gods Elder Edda - eloquent proof of that. And whether the audience to evaluate their "profane," unfamiliar with the ancient Norse religion?
- No need to exaggerate the audience acquainted with the Christian religion, but it did not prevent him from enjoying Raphael or Botticelli.
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