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Artist. Born in the family of a peasant called Ivan in the village of Alexandrovka in Penza Province (1899). Orphaned at an early age and adopted by her father’s relatives from Grozny in the Caucasus...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Sergei Iznar in St Petersburg (1893). Studied at the Baron Stieglitz Central School of Technical Drawing and ...
Painter, graphic artist, designer. Born in the family of Alexander Borchmann in Moscow (23 July 1902). Graduated from grammar school and the Faculty of Pedagogy of Moscow University. Studied art unde...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator. Born in the family of Ivan Shitikov in the village of Bachaty in Perm Province (3 December 1919). Graduated from the 1905 School of Art in Moscow (1938). Studied...
Artist. Born in Verkhneufimsk in the family of Fyodor Vasilyev (1902). Graduated from grammar school and school of music in Omsk (1919). Moved to Moscow (1923). Graduated from the VKhUTEIN (1930). Wo...
Sculptress. Born in Mariupole in the family of Semyon Ovoschnikov (1905). Lived in Kharkiv before her arrest. Graduated from an unknown school of art. Studied in Anna Golubkina’s studio (1920s). Arre...
Painter, graphic artist, sculptress. Born in Vitebsk in the family of Pavel Rosenholz (1898). Graduated as a dentist from Tomsk University (1917). Studied sculpture in Anna Golubkina’s studio (1920–2...
Graphic artist, illustrator. Born in the family of Emil Hamburger (23 December 1899) in the town of Nadezhdinsk in the Urals (renamed Serov in 1939). Moved with his family to Moscow (1906). Studied a...
Artist. Born in the family of Vladimir Grigoriev in the village of Pertnury in Kazan Province (15/27 May 1891). Studied under Nicolai Fechin at the Kazan School of Art (1910–15) and under Abram Arkhi...
Graphic artist, sculptor, illustrator, designer. Born in the family of Andrei Grabbe in Novorossiisk (30 March 1904). Studied sculpture and then graphic art at the Odessa School of Art (1920s). Met E...