Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (26 October 1842 – 13 April 1904) was a Russian painter, war artist, and traveler. The graphic nature of his realist scenes led to many of them never being printed or exhibited to the public.Shown: By the Fortress Wall. "Let Them Enter" (1871)Source: “Vasily Vereshchagin.” Wikipedia, 21 Sept. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Vereshchagin.