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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...
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...
Painter, lithographer, photographer. Studied lithography under Carl Joachim Beggrow and painting under Alexei Venetsianov (from 1829) and Maxim Vorobyov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1832–36). Awa...
Painter, draughtsman, lithographer, illustrator. Son of the factory owner and collegiate assessor Alexei Zelentsov. Drew caricatures and popular prints during the Patriotic War (1812). Worked for the...
Painter. Retired guards staff captain. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (late 1840s–1853). Awarded a minor silver medal (1850), major silver medal (1851), minor gold medal (1852) and a major g...
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator. Son of a soldier in Orenburg (1824). Studied drawing under an icon-painter and moved to St Petersburg (1841), where he studied landscape painting under Maxim Voroby...
Painter. Serf. Extern student of the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1831), who probably studied under Alexei Venetsianov (1833). Fellow of the Society for the Encouragement of Artists (from 1832). Aw...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Studied under Alexander Stupin at the Arzamas School of Art and under Alexei Venetsianov in St Petersburg. Attended drawing classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts (183...
Painter, lithographer, teacher. Serf. Studied painting under Alexei Venetsianov and lithography under Alexander Sandomuri (from 1831). Extern student of the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1831). Awar...