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Self-taught sculptor. Born in the family of a serf called Pamfil Seryakov in the village of Kholopovo in Kostroma Province (1818). Moved with his family to St Petersburg, where his father traded at A...
Painter, draughtsman. Born in the family of Nikolai Filippov (1830). Studied under Bogdan Gottfried Willewalde at the Imperial Academy of Arts as an occasional (1847–50) and full-time student (1850–5...
Sculptor, painter, draughtsman, teacher. Eldest son of Russian Neoclassical sculptor Stepan Pimenov (1784–1833). Born in St Petersburg (1812). Studied under Stepan Pimenov and Samuel-Friedrich Halber...
Belgian engraver, medallist. Elder brother of engravers Léopold Wiener (1823–1891) and Charles Wiener (1832–1887). Born in the family of Jewish merchant Marcus Wiener and his wife Hanna Baruch in the...
Painter, lithographer. Born in the family of Alexei Alexandrov (1798). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1806–17). Awarded a minor silver medal (1814) and a major silver medal (1815), but expe...
Painter, engraver, teacher. Younger brother of Victor Bobrov. Born in the family of a merchant called Alexei Bobrov in the village of Gatobuzhi (Gotobuzhi) in St Petersburg Province (1849). Studied a...
Painter, draughtsman. Born in the family of a miller called Nikita Orlov on the farmstead of Malo-Foschevaty in the centre of Voronezh Province (1812). Studied under Karl Brullov at the Imperial Acad...
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, 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...