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Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of a rural clerk called Feona Stroyev in Penza (1898). Grew up in Tobolsk (first half of 1900s) and moved with his family to Irkutsk ...
Graphic artist, draughtsman, painter, lithographer, illustrator. Born in the family of Yevgeny Charushin in Leningrad (1934). Graduated from the Leningrad Secondary School of Art (1953) and the Facul...
Book designer, lithographer, draughtsman, sculptor, writer. Father of Nikita Charushin. Born in the family of architect Ivan Charushin in Vyatka (1901). Studied under Alexei Karev, Alexander Savinov,...
Graphic artist, illustrator. Born in the family of Mikhail Rachev in Tomsk (1906). Studied at the Krasnodar Technical College of Art (1924–28) and the Kiev Institute of Art (1928–30). Worked for Ukra...
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...
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 (...
Sculptor. Born in the family of a peasant called Sergei Tsvetkov in the village of Bukarevo in Tver Province (1924). Wounded and lost a leg on active service in the Second World War (1941–45). Studie...
Sculptor, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Alexei Vatagin in Moscow (1883/84). Studied at Nikolai Martynov’s studio (from 1899), Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Mosco...
Sculptress. Born in the family of Sergei Kirillov in Poltava (1922). Studied at the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art in Moscow (1941–49) and animal art under Vasily Vatagin. Contributed to exhibitions...