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Wood engraver, illustrator. Born in Tula or Kaluga Province in the family of a peasant soldier from Kostroma Province called Avxenty Seryakov (1824). Studied engraving at the Imperial Academy of Arts...
Amateur artist, miniaturist, illustrator, civil servant, writer on art. Born in the family of Pyotr Solovyov in St Petersburg (1841). Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow University (1864). Wo...
Draughtsman, caricaturist. Pseudonyms: Wilewalde, N. Iev and others. Born in the family of a state councillor called Vasily Ivlev (1835). Ensign. Did not receive a special art education. Drew pencil ...
Painter. Born in the family of Yakov Kryzhitsky in Kiev (1858). Studied at the Nikolai Murashko School of Drawing in Kiev and under Baron Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg at the Imperial Academy of Arts...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator. Born in the family of a serf called Pyotr Kondratenko in the village of Pavlovskoe in Penza Province (1854). Studied history painting under Karlis Jekabs Vilhelm...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a landowner from Ryazan Province called Pyotr Zagorsky (1849). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1864–75, extern until 186...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born in the family of Kirill Makarov in the town of Dusheti in Georgia (1842). Studied at the Novgorod-Severskaya Grammar School (1853–60) and the Imperial Academy of A...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of a peasant called Vasily Lebedev (1852). Studied under Yevgraf Sorokin and Vasily Perov at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architec...
Draughtsman, painter, engraver, illustrator. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a colonel called Ignaty Lebedev (1830). Graduated from School of Topography. Studied under Pyotr Basin at the Imper...
Painter, army captain. Son-in-law of General Soldein. Born in St Petersburg in the family of Pyotr Myasoyedov (1806?). Accompanied the future Tsar Alexander II on his travels across Europe, including...