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Painter. Elder brother of Pyotr Smolin. Born in the family of Alexander Smolin in Moscow (1927). Studied under Alexander Deineka at the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art (1953–59). Member of the Union ...
Azerbaijani painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Teymur Salahov and his wife Sona in Baku (1928). Studied at the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art in Moscow (1957). People’s Artist of Azerbai...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of a worker called Yefim Popkov in the town of Mytischi near Moscow (1932). Studied at Moscow Pedagogical Institute of Art (1948–52) and the Vasily Surikov...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Fyodor Nikonov in Moscow (1930). Studied at the Moscow Secondary School of Art (1942–49) and the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art in Moscow (194...
Painter, teacher. Born in the family of Mikhail Korzhev-Chuvelyov in Moscow (1925). Graduated from the Moscow Secondary School of Art (1944) and studied at the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art/Academy...
Painter, graphic artist. Husband of Natalia Yegorshina. Born in Moscow in the family of a professor of mathematics called Ivan Andronov (1929). Studied under Rudolf Frentz at the Ilya Repin Institute...
Painter. Born in the family of a doctor called Grigory Nissky in Novobelitsa in Homel Region (1903). Studied under Aleksandrs Drevinš and Robert Falk at the VKhUTEMAS/VKhUTEIN in Moscow (1922–30). Cl...
Sculptress, applied artist, theatrical designer. Born in the family of a rich merchant called Ignaty Mukhin at 23/25 Turgeņeva iela in Riga (1889). Studied at the Konstantin Juon School of Art in Mos...
Sculptor, teacher. Born as Alexei Popov in the family of Fyodor Popov in Tver (1903). Later adopted the pseudonym of Alexei Yevgenyevich Zelensky. Studied at the Nizhny Novgorod Technical College of ...
Sculptress, teacher. Born in Rostov-on-Don (1893) in the family of a doctor called Ilya Ryndzune (1854–after 1917). Studied under Bulakovsky at the Académie Russe in Paris and advised by Émile-Antoin...