filipp andreevich malyavin (october 22, 1869, kazanki (julian calendar: october 10) – december 23, 1940, nice, france) was a russian painter and draftsman. trained in icon-painting as well as having studied under the great russian realist painter ilya repin, malyavin is unusual among the russian artists of the time for having a peasant background. it is possibly due to this that his paintings often depict peasant life, and his most fam…