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Porcelain artist, theatrical designer, graphic artist, illustrator, painter. Born Alexandra Schekatikhina in the town of Alexandrovsk in the Ukraine (1892). Graduated from grammar school in Alexandro...
Graphic artist, painter, theatrical designer, illustrator, decorator, teacher. Born in the village of Tarkhovka near St Petersburg to naval surgeon Jacob Bilibin and his wife Varvara Bubnova (1876). ...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, furniture designer, interior decorator, illustrator. Born in Moscow to a priest called Jacob Golovin, who served at the Church of the Annunciation on the...
Painter, graphic artist, interior decorator. Granddaughter of Nicolas Benois, daughter of Eugène Lanceray and Catherine Benois (1850–1933), niece of Albert Benois, Léon Benois and Alexander Benois, s...
Graphic artist, painter, illustrator, theatrical designer, interior designer, teacher. Grandson of Nicolas Benois, son of Eugène Lanceray and Catherine Benois (1850–1933), nephew of Albert Benois, Lé...
Painter, architect, teacher. Grandson of architect Alberto Cavos (1800–1863), son of Nicolas Benois and Camilla Cavos (1828–1891), elder brother of Léon Benois and Alexander Benois, uncle of Yevgeny ...
Graphic artist, painter, teacher. Born in St Petersburg to a high-ranking civil servant called Pyotr Ostroumov (1871). Studied under Johann Wilhelm Mathé at the Baron Stieglitz Central School of Tech...
Graphic artist, painter, illustrator, theatrical designer, interior designer, architect, teacher. Born in Moscow to a furniture supplier called Ignaty Nivinsky (1880). Studied at the Stroganov Centra...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Brought up in Vyatka (now Kirov) by his stepfather after his father suffered a nervous breakdown. Studied at the Baron Stieglitz Central School of Technical Drawing (18...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator. Born Elena Benard in St Petersburg (1863). Graduated from the Pauline Institute for Women in St Petersburg. Studied at the Helsingfors School of Drawing and took...