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French artist active in the second half of the eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. Studied under Joseph-Marie Vien. Worked in Russia (1787–1810). Painted a series of views of Moscow and ...
Italian painter, theatrical designer, architect. Studied under Antonio Canova and worked as a theatrical decorator in Modena (1770–1805). Sentenced to death for resisting the Napoleonic invasion, but...
Graphic artist, painter, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Studied at the Nikolai Murashko School of Drawing in Kiev (1881–86). Helped Mikhail Vrubel to restore frescoes in St Cyril’s Church...
Sculptor, teacher. Illegitimate son of the Russian diplomat Prince Peter Troubetzkoy (1822–1892) and the American singer Ada Winans (1835–1917). Studied under Giuseppe Grandi, Donato Barcaglia and Er...
Painter, draughtsman, architect, illustrator, writer. Son of the Russian diplomat Prince Grigory Gagarin (1782–1837) and Ekaterina Soimonova (1790–1873). Born in St Petersburg (1810). Lived in Italy ...
Amateur artist, traveller, writer. Son of Prince Dmitry Saltykov (1767–1826) and Anna Leontieva (1776–1810). Educated at home. Joined the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as a diplomat ...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver, interior decorator, illustrator, teacher. Son of the Estonian art historian and collector Baron Karl Eduard von Liphart (1807–1891), allegedly descended from St Liphar...
Painter, draughtsman. Son of the artist Johannes Hau (1771–1838) and half-brother of the artist Eduard Hau (1807–1888). Studied under Carl von Kügelgen in Reval (1827–32) and under Alexander Gottlob ...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, teacher. Graduated from Berdyansk Municipal School (1896). Studied under Kyriakos Kostandi and Gennady Ladyzhensky at the Odessa School of Art (1896–1902...
Polish painter, teacher. Son of Julian Zukowski, a Polish aristocrat stripped of his lands and titles for taking part in the January Uprising (1863). Studied under Isaac Levitan and Abram Arkhipov at...