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Painter. Son of the writer Ivan Pnin (1773–1805). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1809–24). Full member of the Free Society of Lovers of the Letters, Sciences and Arts (1802). Awarded a mino...
Painter, teacher. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1864–70). Awarded two minor silver medals (1868), two major silver medals (1869) and the titles of third-class artist (1870) and second-clas...
Painter, graphic artist, architect, applied artist, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Born in a merchant’s family in Moscow (1859) and grew up in Voronezh (1862–80). Studied under Illarion P...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of a retired cavalry captain in Kursk (1826) and grew up on his father’s estate in the village of Popovka in Kharkiv Province. Studie...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born as a serf of Count Anton von Münnich in the village of Karpovka in Novgorod Province (1776). Belonged to Count Irakly Morkov after he married Count von Münnich’s y...
Engraver, illustrator, teacher. Illegitimate son of the writer Mikhail Muravyov and a serf woman who was given in marriage to Muravyov’s chamberlain Ivan Utkin. Born in the house of his grandfather N...
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of a Don Cossack in Novocherkassk (1859). Studied at the Vladimir Military Academy in Kiev (1870–77) and under Baron Mikhail Konstantino...
Polish painter, teacher. Son of the Polish poet Antoni Górecki (1787–1861). Born in the village of Dusieni?ta near Vilna in Lithuania (1825). Studied in Vilna and under Karl Brullov at the Imperial A...
Painter. Born in a lower middle-class family in Moscow. Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and worked under Karl Brullov. Awarded the title of non-class artist (1842...
Painter, teacher. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1872–82). Awarded two minor silver medals (1876), two major silver medals (1877, 1878), a minor gold medal (1880) and a major gold medal (18...