4 June

Born in 1881 — Natalia Goncharova, Russian artist.

Above: Gathering Brushwood in Winter, 1911.

Also, born in 1821, Russian poet and playwright Apollon Maykov.

Dostoevsky quoted this portion of an untitled poem by Maykov in Crime and Punishment:

…say not, there is no salvation,

that you are weak with grief:

The darker the night, the brighter the stars,

the deeper the sorrow, the closer is God.