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Painter, draughtsman, traveller, writer, sailor, soldier. Born in the family of a rich landowner in the town of Cherepovets in Novgorod Province (1842). Grew up on the family estate of Pertovka near ...
Latvian painter, draughtsman, lithographer, teacher. Born in Sissegal in Livonia (now Madliena in Latvia) to teacher, organist and parish clerk Karlis Fridrihs Huns and his wife Luize Doroteja Fogels...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Son of icon-painter Pyotr Prokopievich Vereschagin (1795–1843), elder brother of Vasily Petrovich Vereschagin. Studied icon-painting under his father and grandfather in...
Painter, lithographer, teacher. Son of icon-painter Pyotr Prokopievich Vereschagin (1795–1843), younger brother of Pyotr Petrovich Vereschagin. Studied icon-painting under his father and grandfather ...
Hungarian painter, draughtsman, lithographer, illustrator, teacher. Descended from an old family of Magyar nobility dating from the thirteenth century (1260). Younger brother of Antal Zichy (1823–189...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Illegitimate son of Baltic German nobleman Friedrich Dietrich von Knigge and Latvian peasant woman Lavize Brivina. Adopted his father’s surname spelt backwards. Born on...
Painter, lithographer, teacher. Serf of the Vladykin family who was sent to train in Moscow (1834) and granted his freedom with the help of Karl Brullov and Vasily Zhukovsky (1841). Studied under Vas...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver, illustrator, teacher. Added the epithet “Orenburgsky” (“of Orenburg”) to his surname to distinguish himself from other artists called Dmitriyev. Studied under Fidelio ...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver, teacher. Born in St Petersburg to a professional artist called Ivan Morozov (1835). Studied under his father at home and under Alexei Markov at the Imperial Academy of...
Painter, draughtsman, lithographer, teacher. Born in Moscow (1841) to German lecturer of music Vinzenz Lemoch (1792–1884) and his wife Elisabeth Schildbach (1811–1880). Studied at the Moscow School o...