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Painter. Born in the family of Mikhail Fokin in St Petersburg (1869). Studied landscape painting under Alexander Kiselyov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1891–96). Academician (1902). Fellow of the ...
Painter, graphic artist, decorator. Born in the family of Vladimir Pakulin in Rybinsk (1900). Moved to Petrograd (1916), where he studied under Alexei Karev, Josif Shkolnik and Vladimir Lebedev at th...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, teacher. Born in the family of a rural physician called Pavel Ulyanov in the town of Yelets in Oryol Province (1875). Graduated from parish church school...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, decorator, teacher. Descended from Florentine humanist and historian Leonardo Bruni (c. 1370–1444), great-grandson of Fidelio Bruni and Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov...
Painter, graphic artist, applied artist, illustrator, theatrical designer, teacher. Born in the family of a train driver called Vasily Chekhonin in the village of Valdaika in Novgorod Province (now L...
Graphic artist, painter, illustrator, silhouette artist, teacher. Elder brother of the Acmeist poet Vladimir Narbut (1888–1938). Born to Ivan Narbut (impoverished member of the old Lithuanian nobilit...
Sculptor, applied artist. Friend and relative of Alexander Benois. Born in the family of Laurent Aubert, a French employee of the Imperial Theatres Company in Moscow (1843). Studied at the Faculty of...
Painter, graphic artist, engraver, sculptor, illustrator, poster designer, teacher. Born in the family of a peasant called Fyodor Pakhomov in the village of Varlamovo in Vologda Province (1900). Atte...
Painter, graphic artist, engraver, applied artist, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of a merchant called Fyodor Lapshin in St Petersburg (1891). Studied at the primary sc...
Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, teacher. Born in the village of Novo-Rakitino in Tambov Province (now Lipetsk Region) in the family of a peasant called Yakov Sitnikov (1915). Moved with his family...