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Sculptor, teacher. Younger brother of Semyon Schedrin, father of Sylvester Schedrin. Son of a soldier in the Preobrazhensky Regiment. Studied sculpture under Nicolas-François Gillet at the Imperial A...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver, teacher. Elder brother of Feodosy Schedrin, uncle of Sylvester Schedrin. Son of a soldier in the Preobrazhensky Regiment. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1759...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Founding father of the Russian school of veduta painting often known as the “Russian Canaletto.” Son of a watchman at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Studied ornamental s...
Painter, theatrical designer, teacher. Grandson of Baron Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, son of Major Alexander Clodt von Jürgensburg, nephew of Baron Mikhail Petrovich Clodt von Jürgensburg, nephew onc...
Painter, draughtsman, etcher, teacher, restorer. Son of Baron Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, cousin of Baron Mikhail Konstantinovich Clodt von Jürgensburg, uncle of Baron Nikolai Clodt von Jürgensburg....
Painter, teacher. Son of the wood engraver Baron Konstantin Clodt von Jürgensburg, nephew of Baron Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, cousin of Baron Mikhail Petrovich Clodt von Jürgensburg, uncle once rem...
Sculptor, teacher. Father of Baron Mikhail Petrovich Clodt von Jürgensburg, uncle of Baron Mikhail Konstantinovich Clodt von Jürgensburg, grandfather of Baron Nikolai Clodt von Jürgensburg. Born in S...
Painter, teacher. Elder brother of the revolutionary Pavel Jacoby (1842–1913). Studied at Kazan Grammar School and Kazan University and enlisted in the Simbirsk Home Guard during the Crimean War (185...
Painter, teacher. Born to German parents in Dorpat (now Tartu) in Estonia (1850). Studied under Constantin von Kügelgen in Dorpat (1866–67) and under Sokrat Vorobyov and Baron Mikhail Konstantinovich...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator. Born Elena Benard in St Petersburg (1863). Graduated from the Pauline Institute for Women in St Petersburg. Studied at the Helsingfors School of Drawing and took...