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Painter, draughtsman, theatrical designer, teacher. Younger brother of Alexander Brullov, half-brother of Fyodor Brullov, brother-in-law of Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov and Georg Wilhelm Timm. Great-gra...
Painter, teacher. Studied under an icon-painter from Yaroslavl and decorated churches (1840). Painted a picture of Peter the Great spotting a talented artist (Andrei Matveyev), which was shown to Tsa...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Father of Boris Pasternak. Born Yitzhok-Leib Pasternak to the owner of a Jewish guesthouse in Odessa (1862). Studied at the Odessa School of Drawing (18...
Painter, teacher. Uncle of Varvara Baruzdina. Studied under Pyotr Basin and Maxim Vorobyov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1849–61). Fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Paris and Rome (1862–70...
Painter, graphic artist. Son of Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov, brother of Alexander Sokolov, nephew of Alexander Brullov and Karl Brullov. Studied under Karl Brullov, Pyotr Basin and Fidelio Bruni at the...
Painter. Father of Pyotr Sokolov and Alexander Sokolov, brother-in-law of Alexander Brullov and Karl Brullov, great-grandfather of Lev Bruni. Born to a rich family in Moscow (1791), but his father di...
Painter, teacher. Studied under Ivan Akimov and Grigory Ugryumov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1782–97). Awarded a minor gold medal and position of assistant teacher of the life class (1797). Fell...
Painter, engraver, teacher. Attended drawing classes (1811–18) and studied history painting under Vasily Shebuyev (1816–18) at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Awarded minor and major silver medals (181...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Son of academician of painting Mikhail Shamshin (1777–1846). Studied under Pyotr Basin at the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1821). Awarded a second silver medal (1827)...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Studied under Pavel Chistyakov and Pyotr Shamshin at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1875–82). Fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts in Italy (1883–88), visited Germany,...