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Sculptor, draughtsman, teacher, writer on art. Born in St Petersburg in a family of actors of the Imperial Theatres (1817). Danced at the Bolshoi (Stone) Theatre (1824) and took drawing lessons from ...
Sculptor, teacher. Raised at the Moscow Foundling Hospital (1828–38). Studied sculpture under Nikolai Ramazanov at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1847–50). Awarded the tit...
Engraver, illustrator. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1809). Worked as an engraver at the Military Printing Works in St Petersburg (1830s–50s). Contributed lithographs to Costumes and ...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver. Studied history painting under Grigory Ugryumov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1803–08). Awarded minor gold medals (1805, 1806), major silver medal (1806) and a firs...
Painter. Born in the family of Andrei Ivanov (1812). Studied under Maxim Vorobyov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1844). Awarded a minor silver medal (1844) and a major silver medal (1845). Wor...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born as a serf in the family of Ivan Ivanov in the village of Kazakovo near Palekh (1818). Moved to St Petersburg (1833), where he studied under Grigory Chernetsov and ...
Painter, draughtsman, lithographer, teacher. Father of Alexander Ivanov and architect Sergei Ivanov (1822–1877). Born to unknown parents in Moscow (1775). Grew up at the Moscow Foundling Hospital (17...
Painter, draughtsman. Born to Andrei Ivanov and Ekaterina Demmert in St Petersburg (1806). Studied under his father and Alexei Yegorov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1817–27). Awarded a major silve...
Italian theatrical designer. Born to Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga and Carlotta Vanini in St Petersburg (1794). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1806–16) and worked under his father at the Imper...
Italian theatrical designer, architect, draughtsman, writer on art. Born to Francisco di Gottardo Gonzaga (theatrical painter and interior decorator) and Anna Grini (noblewoman from Belluno) in the t...