George Cherepov was a painter of Russian

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 origin known for his use of color in a wide variety of subjects, including landscapes, seascapes, and still lifes. He is known especially for his oil paintings of New England

New England

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's autumn colors.

Life

George Cherepov was born in Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

 in 1909. He studied painting with Konstantin Wisotsky in Riga

Riga

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 and Alexis Hansen in Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

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. Thereafter, he travelled and exhibited in many galleries and museums of central Europe. In 1952 he emigrated to the United States. He established himself through numerous shows in the New York area, including ten one-man shows at Grand Central Art Galleries

Grand Central Art Galleries

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. He conducted courses on oil painting and published books on the techniques of oil painting. Cherepov died in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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 in 1987. He was married to Klara Cherepov, an artistic weaver.

The character of Nicoli Seroff (played by Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl is a German film actor, painter, writer and musician.-Early life:Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit, East Prussia...

) in the 2006 film Local Color

Local Color (film)

Local Color is a 2006 award winning American Drama film. Directed by George Gallo, starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ray Liotta and Trevor Morgan in the lead role. It is based on a true story, that of the director/writer's experience when he was 18...

was based on Cherepov and his relationship with the films writer and director George Gallo

George Gallo

George Gallo Jr is an American screenwriter, film director, producer, painter and musician.He is best known for writing Midnight Run and 29th Street, and is an accomplished painter in the style of the Pennsylvania Impressionists...

. Gallo had been an apprentice to Cherepov in the 1970s.