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Painter, draughtsman, engraver, interior decorator, illustrator, teacher. Son of the Estonian art historian and collector Baron Karl Eduard von Liphart (1807–1891), allegedly descended from St Liphar...
Painter, draughtsman. Son of the artist Johannes Hau (1771–1838) and half-brother of the artist Eduard Hau (1807–1888). Studied under Carl von Kügelgen in Reval (1827–32) and under Alexander Gottlob ...
Painter, graphic artist. Belonged to the Mukhrani-Gruzinsky branch of the Bagration dynasty, which ruled Georgia until its annexation by Russia (1800). Studied under Bogdan Gottfried Willewalde at th...
Polish painter, teacher. Son of Julian Zukowski, a Polish aristocrat stripped of his lands and titles for taking part in the January Uprising (1863). Studied under Isaac Levitan and Abram Arkhipov at...
Painter, draughtsman, lithographer, illustrator, teacher. Studied under Alexander Warnek at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1833–39). Awarded a minor silver medal (1835) and the title of free non-class...
Polish draughtsman, lithographer, painter, illustrator. Born to the family of an inn-keeper in Warsaw (1777). Studied under Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, Marcello Bacciarelli, Bartolomeo Folli...
Painter. Born to a family of Baltic Germans in Reval (1802). Worked as an assistant to George Dawe, helping him to paint the portraits for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace (1822–28). Studied ...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in Simferopole to a veteran of the Crimean War called Stepan Stepanov (1858). Lost his parents at an early age and sent to the Nicholas Institute f...
English painter, draughtsman, engraver. Brother-in-law of George Dawe. Served as an apprentice under Henry Meyer and as an assistant to William Thomas Fry (1813–17). Worked independently as a stipple...
English painter, draughtsman. Brother-in-law of Thomas Wright. Son of the engraver Philip Dawe, who worked with William Hogarth and Joseph Mallord William Turner. Studied engraving under his father a...