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Painter, teacher. Born in the family of sergeant Semyon Petrov in Moscow (1762). Educated at the Foundling Hospital in Moscow under the surname of Semyonov, which he later changed to Schukin (1782). ...
At the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the family portrait began to enjoy increasing popularity. Quiet domestic joys and the heartfelt affections of spouses, parents and children wer...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born in Myrhorod to a Cossack icon-painter called Luka Borovyk (1757). Studied painting under his father and served in the same Cossack regiment as his father and broth...
Sculptor, teacher. Younger brother of Semyon Schedrin, father of Sylvester Schedrin. Son of a soldier in the Preobrazhensky Regiment. Studied sculpture under Nicolas-François Gillet at the Imperial A...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver, teacher. Elder brother of Feodosy Schedrin, uncle of Sylvester Schedrin. Son of a soldier in the Preobrazhensky Regiment. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1759...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Founding father of the Russian school of veduta painting often known as the “Russian Canaletto.” Son of a watchman at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Studied ornamental s...
Engraver, draughtsman, painter. Generally regarded as the first Russian artist to win fame abroad. Born in St Petersburg (1754) to scene painter Ivan Skorodumov (born c. 1721). Studied painting under ...
Italian painter, draughtsman, poet, musician, singer. Studied art in Rome and served as a guardsman in Naples. Arrived in St Petersburg in the company of the deposed King Stanislaw II August Poniatow...
Italian painter, draughtsman. Member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Invited to Russia by Paul I to decorate St Michael’s Castle (1799). Academician (1806). Worked with the architect Carlo Ross...
French painter, miniaturist. Son of Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée. Studied under François-André Vincent. Contributed to the Paris Salon (1799–1831). Lived and worked in Russia (1817–25).