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Eugène Pluchart

Franco-German painter, graphic artist, photographer. Born in St Petersburg (1809) in the family of French printer Alexandre Pluchart (1777–1827) and his German wife Sophie Wagner (1782–1857). Studied...

Philippe Benoist

French painter, lithographer. Born in Geneva (1813). Studied under Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre (inventor of the daguerreotype) in Paris. Contributed works to A Painterly and Archaeological Journey a...

Gustav Fabergé

Baltic German jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Father of Peter Carl Fabergé, uncle of Carl Wenig. Descended from a French Huguenot called Jean-Baptiste Fabry (derived from the Latin word faber, mean...

André Durand

French draughtsman, lithographer. Travelled across Russia, sailing via Le Havre, Hamburg and Lübeck and visiting Kronstadt, St Petersburg, Novgorod, Tver, Moscow, Sergiev Posad, Vladimir, Nizhny Novg...

Eugène Huaud

French lithographer. Worked in Russia (1840s). Contributed lithographs to The Imperial Hermitage Gallery (1846), Lithographed Etchings of the Frescoes in St Isaac’s Cathedral in St Petersburg (1847) ...

Jean-Baptiste Arnout

French painter, draughtsman, engraver. Father of French lithographer Louis-Jules Arnout (1814–1868). Studied in Dijon and Paris. One of the first French professional lithographers. Worked in Joseph L...

Charles-Claude Bachelier

French landscape architect, engraver. Worked in Paris (1830s–50s). Lithographed views of St Petersburg drawn by Russian and foreign artists. Contributed to series of views of Moscow and St Petersburg...

Pierre-Louis-Philippe Alphonse Bichebois

French painter, lithographer. Studied under Jean-Baptiste Regnault. Lithographed landscapes and architectural views painted by himself and other artists. Contributed to many illustrated publications ...

Jean-Victor Vincent Adam

French painter, draughtsman, engraver. Son of the engraver Jean Adam. Studied at the École des beaux-arts and in the studios of Charles Meynier and Jean-Baptiste Regnault (1814–18). Worked at the Pal...

Adolphe Ladurner

French painter, draughtsman, engraver. Son of the German pianist and composer Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner (1766–1839), nephew of the composer Josef Alois Ladurner (1769–1851). Studied under Hor...

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