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Sculptor. Born in the family of a priest called Vasily Loganovsky in Moscow (1810 or 1812). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1821–33). Awarded a major gold medal (1836). Fellow of the Imperia...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of a merchant called Yakov Voloskov and his wife Vasilisa in the town of Rzhev in Tver Province (1822). Studied landscape painting under Maxim Vorobyov at ...
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Yefim Volkov in St Petersburg (1844). Studied at the School of Drawing of the Society for the Encouragement of Artists (1866–67) and ...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Fyodor Alexandrovsky in Riga (1842). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1861–68). Awarded the titles of non-class artist (1864), second-class arti...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born in the family of Alexei Redkovsky in Smolensk (1831). Studied at the Stroganov School of Art and Industry in Moscow (1852–54) and the Imperial Academy of Arts (185...
Painter, draughtsman. Born in the family of Lev Kamenev in the town of Rylsk in Kursk Province (1833). Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1854–57). Member of the Mo...
Painter. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a civil servant called Ivan Sternberg (1818). Studied under Maxim Vorobyov at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Awarded a second-class silver medal (1836),...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born in the family of Alexander Pisemsky in Kostroma Province (1859). Studied at the Kostroma College and the Imperial Academy of Arts (1879–87). Awarded five silver me...
Sculptor. Born in the family of a stonemason called Afanasy Chizhov in the village of Pudovo in Moscow Province (1838). Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1857–59)....
Painter, draughtsman, restorer, teacher. Born in the family of a serf called Andrei Koshelev in the village of Serman in Penza Province (1840). Studied icon-painting under craftsman for three years i...