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Painter, graphic artist, interior decorator. Granddaughter of Nicolas Benois, daughter of Eugène Lanceray and Catherine Benois (1850–1933), niece of Albert Benois, Léon Benois and Alexander Benois, s...
Graphic artist, painter, illustrator, theatrical designer, interior designer, teacher. Grandson of Nicolas Benois, son of Eugène Lanceray and Catherine Benois (1850–1933), nephew of Albert Benois, Lé...
Sculptor. Grandson of Major Paul Lanseré of the Napoleonic army, who was wounded and captured at the Battle of Borodino (1812) and decided to remain in Russia, where he married the daughter of the go...
Architect, painter, teacher. Grandson of architect Alberto Cavos (1800–1863), son of Nicolas Benois and Camilla Cavos (1828–1891), younger brother of Albert Benois, elder brother of Alexander Benois,...
Painter, architect, teacher. Grandson of architect Alberto Cavos (1800–1863), son of Nicolas Benois and Camilla Cavos (1828–1891), elder brother of Léon Benois and Alexander Benois, uncle of Yevgeny ...
Italian painter, lithographer, restorer, curator. Born in the family of Giovanni Brioschi in Florence (1786). Studied history painting under Pietro Benvenuti at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florenc...
Graphic artist, painter, teacher. Born in St Petersburg to a high-ranking civil servant called Pyotr Ostroumov (1871). Studied under Johann Wilhelm Mathé at the Baron Stieglitz Central School of Tech...
Sculptor, painter, draughtsman, teacher. Studied sculpture under Baron Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1850–57). Awarded a major gold medal and the title of first-class a...
Italian painter, draughtsman. Studied at the Königlich-Preussische Akademie der Künste und mechanischen Wissenschaften in Berlin (from 1787). Worked in Vienna (1795) and Glogau (1796–97), where he de...
Polish painter, draughtsman, theatrical designer. Born to dragoon officer Hipolit Siemiradzki and his wife Michalina in the town of Novo-Belgorod (now Pechenegi) in the Ukraine (1843). Attended the Se...