Biographies

Biographies

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  • Yakov Seryakov

    Self-taught sculptor. Born in the family of a serf called Pamfil Seryakov in the village of Kholopovo in Kostroma Province (1818). Moved with his family to St Petersburg, where his father traded at A...

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  • Anna Remizova (Miss)

    Graphic artist, illustrator. Younger sister of Nicolai Remisoff (Re-Mi). Born in the family of actor Vladimir Vasilyev (1847–1908, stage name Remizov) and his wife Xenia in St Petersburg (1890). Infl...

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  • Nicolai Remisoff (Re-Mi)

    Graphic artist, painter, caricaturist, illustrator, theatrical and film designer, writer. Elder brother of Anna Remizova (Miss). Born in the family of actor Vladimir Vasilyev (1847–1908, stage name R...

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  • Émile Villiers de l’Isle Adam

    Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Samuel (Stepan) Villiers de l’Isle Adam (1843). Graduated from the Nicholas Cavalry Academy in St Petersburg (first half of 1860s). Took up pai...

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  • Konstantin Filippov

    Painter, draughtsman. Born in the family of Nikolai Filippov (1830). Studied under Bogdan Gottfried Willewalde at the Imperial Academy of Arts as an occasional (1847–50) and full-time student (1850–5...

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  • Antoine Pevsner

    Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, teacher. Elder brother of Naum Gabo. Born as Nota (Anton/Nathan) Pevzner in the family of a Jewish engineer called Berko Pevzner and his wife A...

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  • Alexei Harlamoff

    Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of a serf called Alexei Kharlamov in the village of Diyachevka in Saratov Province (1840). Studied under Alexei Markov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (185...

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  • Nikolai Pimenov

    Sculptor, painter, draughtsman, teacher. Eldest son of Russian Neoclassical sculptor Stepan Pimenov (1784–1833). Born in St Petersburg (1812). Studied under Stepan Pimenov and Samuel-Friedrich Halber...

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  • Jacob (Jacques) Wiener

    Belgian engraver, medallist. Elder brother of engravers Léopold Wiener (1823–1891) and Charles Wiener (1832–1887). Born in the family of Jewish merchant Marcus Wiener and his wife Hanna Baruch in the...

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  • Elizaveta (Ekaterina) Krasnushkina

    Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of General Zakhary Krasnushkin (1816–1892) of the Don Cossack Host in the port of Taganrog on the Sea of Azov (1858). Grew up at 9 (now 37) Petrovskaya Str...

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