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Painter. Born in the family of a doctor called Grigory Nissky in Novobelitsa in Homel Region (1903). Studied under Aleksandrs Drevinš and Robert Falk at the VKhUTEMAS/VKhUTEIN in Moscow (1922–30). Cl...
Sculptress, applied artist, theatrical designer. Born in the family of a rich merchant called Ignaty Mukhin at 23/25 Turgeņeva iela in Riga (1889). Studied at the Konstantin Juon School of Art in Mos...
Sculptor. Born as Ivan Ivanov in the family of a carpenter called Dmitry Ivanov in the town of Shadrinsk in Perm Province (1887). Later adopted the name of his hometown as his pseudonym. Studied at t...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, teacher. Born in the family of Ivan Avilov in St Petersburg (1882). Studied at the School of Drawing of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (18...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Semyon Shenderov in Rostov-on-Don (1897). Studied the history of art at the Don Institute of Archaeology (191...
Graphic artist, painter, illustrator, teacher. Born in St Petersburg (1905) in the family of Vladimir Shishmaryov (1875–1957) and Anna Usova (1877–1956). Studied under Nikolai Kupriyanov and Natalia ...
Painter, theatrical designer, art critic. Born in Theodosia in Tauride Province (1867). Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1893–94) and Académie Fernand Cormon in P...
Graphic artist, painter, illustrator. Born in the family of Alexei Shmarinov in Kazan (1907). Studied under Nikolai Prakhov in Kiev and then painting and drawing at Dmitry Kardovsky’s studio in Mosco...
Sculptor. Born in the family of Pavel Veselov in Leningrad (1926). Studied at the Vera Mukhina School of Art and Industry (1945–52). Died in St Petersburg (1994). Contributed to exhibitions in Russia...
Sculptor. Born in the family of Valerian Marts in Moscow (1924). Studied under Alexander Matveyev at the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art (1947–52). Died in Moscow (2002). Contributed to exhibitions (...