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Vasily Vladimirovich Pukirev(1832–1890) was a Russian painter and illustrator. He is primarily known as the artist of the painting The Unequal Marriage. Vasily studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He first worked as a portraitist but later turned to historical painting.

In this painting, the artist is reflected in the fate of women theme. A close-up of composition, showing a wedding scene: a sixteen, seven year old girl's wedding and a white haired old man, the priest blessed them, bride bowed reluctantly acquiesced to a tragic fate, and become the old man is a haughty air. The painter captures a social phenomenon that sick, use their own art reveals a social exchange and on women's destruction.