Biographies

Biographies

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  • Georgy Stenberg

    Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, designer, architect, teacher. Younger brother of Vladimir Stenberg. Born in the family of a Swedish artist called August Stenberg in Moscow (1900). Studied under Vl...

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  • Vladimir Stenberg

    Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, designer, architect, teacher. Elder brother of Georgy Stenberg. Born in the family of a Swedish artist called August Stenberg in Moscow (1899). Studied under Vladim...

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  • Pavel Alexandrov

    Painter, lithographer. Born in the family of Alexei Alexandrov (1798). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1806–17). Awarded a minor silver medal (1814) and a major silver medal (1815), but expe...

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  • Vasily Belyaev

    Painter, graphic artist, decorator, teacher. Born in the family of a merchant called Vasily Belyaev in St Petersburg (1867). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1886–91). Designed mosaics for th...

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  • Alexander Andreyev

    Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, decorator, teacher. Born in the family of Alexander Andreyev in the village of Staraya Salyn in Oryol Province (1887). Studied at the New School of Paint...

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  • Nadezhda Voitinskaya-Levidova

    Painter, graphic artist, art historian, curator, translator, writer, teacher. Born in St Petersburg (1886) in the family of state councillor Savely Voitinsky (1857–1918) and Wilhelmina Bermann (1859–...

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  • Nikolai Kuznetsov

    Painter, graphic artist, collector, teacher. Born in the family of a wealthy landowner called Dmitry Kuznetsov at the estate of Stepanovka near Odessa in the Ukraine (1850). Studied under Pavel Chist...

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  • Nadezhda Lermontova

    Painter, graphic artist, decorator, theatrical designer, illustrator. Great-niece of Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841). Born in the family of Vladimir Lermontov in St Petersburg (1885). St...

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  • Dmitry Buchkin

    Painter, graphic artist, industrial designer, writer. Son of Pyotr Buchkin. Enrolled at the Leningrad Secondary School of Art (1940). Survived the Siege of Leningrad (1941–44) and joined the Red Army...

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  • Pyotr Buchkin

    Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Father of Dmitry Buchkin. Born in the family of Dmitry Buchkin in the village of Sofronovo in Tver Province (1886). Studied under Nikolai Koshelev and Vasily Savinsk...

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