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Painter, teacher. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1864–70). Awarded two minor silver medals (1868), two major silver medals (1869) and the titles of third-class artist (1870) and second-clas...
Painter, graphic artist, architect, applied artist, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Born in a merchant’s family in Moscow (1859) and grew up in Voronezh (1862–80). Studied under Illarion P...
Painter, engraver, applied artist, illustrator. Sister-in-law of Vasily Polenov. Born in Wiesbaden to Russian merchant and collector Vasily Yakunchikov and his wife Zinaida Mamontova (1870). Took pri...
Graphic artist, painter, applied artist. illustrator. Sister of the artist Vasily Polenov. Studied under Ivan Kramskoi (from 1864), at Charles Chaplin’s studio in Paris (1869–70), Pavel Chistyakov’s ...