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Painter, draughtsman. Born to Andrei Ivanov and Ekaterina Demmert in St Petersburg (1806). Studied under his father and Alexei Yegorov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1817–27). Awarded a major silve...
Italian theatrical designer. Born to Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga and Carlotta Vanini in St Petersburg (1794). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1806–16) and worked under his father at the Imper...
Sculptor, restorer. Grandson of wooden sculptor Ivan Terebenyov, son of Ivan Terebenyov, nephew of Mikhail Terebenyov. Studied under Vasily Demut-Malinovsky at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1824–36)....
Painter, draughtsman, engraver. Father-in-law of Vasily Zhukovsky. Born at the estate of Gut Rösthof in Livonia (now Restee in Estonia) to Saxon court chamberlain Christophor Hermann von Reutern and ...
Painter, draughtsman, lithographer. Son of the icon-painter Grigory Chernetsov, younger brother of Grigory Chernetsov, elder brother of Polycarp Chernetsov (1822–1842). Taught drawing by his elder br...
Painter, draughtsman, lithographer, teacher. Son of the icon-painter Grigory Chernetsov, elder brother of Nikanor Chernetsov and Polycarp Chernetsov (1822–1842). Taught drawing by his elder brother Y...
Painter. Descended from a family of French Huguenots exiled to West Prussia (1685), who moved to Russia (early 19th century). Son of the trader Ferdinand Gottlieb Ammont (died 1842), younger brother ...
Polish painter. Born in the family of a Uniate priest in the village of Ulla in Vitebsk Province (1806). Graduated from the Faculty of the Free Arts of Polotsk Lyceum (1827) and moved to St Petersbur...
Painter. Born in the family of Christian Fricke, assistant inspector of classes at the Imperial Academy of Arts, in the village of Gorodets in St Petersburg Province (1820). Studied landscape paintin...
Painter, graphic artist, explorer. Father-in-law of Pavel Chistyakov. Studied under Maxim Vorobyov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1838–45). Awarsided two major silver medals (1839, 1844) and a majo...