Avinou, Andrei

(1884 Tulchin, Ukraine-1949 New York) (Russia / USA); aka Avinoff, Andrey

   Painter, portraitist, and entomologist who emigrated from Russia in 1917. Much of his artistic output were flower and butterfly images, but a portion was homoerotic images.

   Source: Zinaida Starodubtseva, "Atlantida Andreia Avi-nova," Novyi Mir Iskusstva 6 (2004): pp. 48-49, ill.