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Zoia Mykolaivna Vanieieva was a Soviet graphic artist. She was born in 1911. She studied at the Moscow Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (1940-1943) and the Moscow State Pedagogical Institute (1943-1945). Vanieieva worked in the technique of color linocut and autolithography. A member of the Artists' Union, she participated in exhibitions starting in 1953. Her famous works include "Pansies" (1950s), "Nightingale" (1956), "Mimosa in a Chinese Vase" (1960s), and "First Lesson" (1960s, co-authored with I.G. Brulin). She died in 1970.