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Mikhail Lebedev

Painter, draughtsman. Born in the family of an impoverished serf in Dorpat in Estonia (1811). Freed from serfdom (1816) and studied at the Alexander I Grammar School of Dorpat University (1827–29), w...

Philipp Budkin

Painter. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1833–35). Awarded a minor silver medal (1834) and a major silver medal and the title of non-class artist (1835). Commissioned by Charles Vane, 3rd Ma...

Andrei Somov

Amateur artist, art historian, curator, collector, teacher. Father of Konstantin Somov and Anna Somova-Mikhailova. Attended the School of Drawing of the Society for the Encouragement of Artists while...

Valentin Serov

Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Born in Moscow (1865). Son of Russian composer Alexander Serov (1820–1871) and German pianist Valentina Bergman (1846–1924). Attend...

Maria Yakunchikova

Painter, engraver, applied artist, illustrator. Sister-in-law of Vasily Polenov. Born in Wiesbaden to Russian merchant and collector Vasily Yakunchikov and his wife Zinaida Mamontova (1870). Took pri...

Eugène Lanceray (Lanseré)

Sculptor. Grandson of Major Paul Lanseré of the Napoleonic army, who was wounded and captured at the Battle of Borodino (1812) and decided to remain in Russia, where he married the daughter of the go...

Léon Benois

Architect, painter, teacher. Grandson of architect Alberto Cavos (1800–1863), son of Nicolas Benois and Camilla Cavos (1828–1891), younger brother of Albert Benois, elder brother of Alexander Benois,...

Vincenzo Brioschi

Italian painter, lithographer, restorer, curator. Born in the family of Giovanni Brioschi in Florence (1786). Studied history painting under Pietro Benvenuti at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florenc...

Alexander von Bock

Sculptor, painter, draughtsman, teacher. Studied sculpture under Baron Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1850–57). Awarded a major gold medal and the title of first-class a...

Alessandro Molinari

Italian painter, draughtsman. Studied at the Königlich-Preussische Akademie der Künste und mechanischen Wissenschaften in Berlin (from 1787). Worked in Vienna (1795) and Glogau (1796–97), where he de...

19th Century

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