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Painter, draughtsman, lithographer, illustrator. Son of the factory owner and collegiate assessor Alexei Zelentsov. Drew caricatures and popular prints during the Patriotic War (1812). Worked for the...
Painter. Retired guards staff captain. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (late 1840s–1853). Awarded a minor silver medal (1850), major silver medal (1851), minor gold medal (1852) and a major g...
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator. Son of a soldier in Orenburg (1824). Studied drawing under an icon-painter and moved to St Petersburg (1841), where he studied landscape painting under Maxim Voroby...
Painter. Serf. Extern student of the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1831), who probably studied under Alexei Venetsianov (1833). Fellow of the Society for the Encouragement of Artists (from 1832). Aw...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Studied under Alexander Stupin at the Arzamas School of Art and under Alexei Venetsianov in St Petersburg. Attended drawing classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts (183...
Painter, lithographer, teacher. Serf. Studied painting under Alexei Venetsianov and lithography under Alexander Sandomuri (from 1831). Extern student of the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1831). Awar...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver, teacher. Serf of the landowner A. Semenskaya. Studied under Alexei Venetsianov (from 1838), who helped to secure his emancipation from serfdom (1839–40). Extern studen...
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator. Serf of the Demyanov family who was emancipated with the help of Alexei Venetsianov. Studied under Alexei Venetsianov (1834–36) and under Karl Brullov at the Imperi...
Painter. Studied under Alexei Venetsianov (1827–30). Awarded a major silver medal (1830) and the title of non-class artist and a fellowship to Berlin (1833). Studied under Franz Krüger at the Königli...
Painter. Worked in Moscow. Studied under Alexei Venetsianov in Safonkovo and St Petersburg (1837–40) and under Alexander Warnek at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1840–43). Awarded the title of non-cla...