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Jeweller, goldsmith. Hallmark: ?.?. Owned a workshop at 5 Kazan Street in St Petersburg, where he made jewellery decorated with brilliants and precious stones. Worked in the Eclectic (Historical) and...
Jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: ?? or ???????? in a rectangle. Born in the family of Taras Samoshin (second half of 19th century). Owned a workshop in Moscow, where he made enamelled obje...
Jeweller, silversmith. Hallmark: MT. Born in the family of Yakov Tarasov (second half of 19th century). Owned a workshop in Moscow (1899–1917), which made silverware in the National Romantic and Art ...
Finnish jeweller, silversmith. Elder brother of Alexander Väkevä. Hallmark: K.W. Born in the family of Stefan Väkevä in St Petersburg (1867). Studied under his father (1880s) and qualified as a silve...
Finnish jeweller, silversmith. Younger brother of Konstantin Väkevä. Hallmark: A.W. Born in the family of Stefan Väkevä in St Petersburg (1870). Studied under his father (1880s) and qualified as a si...
Jeweller. Worked in Moscow (late 19th and early 20th centuries), where he created gold and silver brooches in the Art Nouveau style.
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Erast (Ernest) Zaitsev in the village of Golitsyno in Saratov Province (1874). Studied under Valentin Serov at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture ...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, film designer, decorator, teacher. Born in Moscow in the family of a cobbler called Ivan Shukhayev (1887). Studied under Ignaty Nivinsky, Stanislaw-Witol...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born in the village of Kazanka in Samara Province (now Orenburg Region) in a family of poor peasants called Andrei Malyavin and Domna Klimovna (1869). Studied at the ic...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, writer on art, collector, curator, restorer, teacher. Born in the family of a ploughman called Pyotr Jaremich in the Ukrainian village of Halaiki (1869). Studied...