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Painter, graphic artist, writer, poet. Elder brother of Vladimir Burliuk. Known as the “father of Russian Futurism.” Born on a farmstead in Kharkiv Province (1882) to David Burliuk (manager of the es...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, art theorist. Graduated from the Military Academy of Medicine in St Petersburg (1892), working there as a lecturer (from 1905) and as a surgeon at Russia...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, teacher. Studied at the Odessa School of Art (1898–1905) and under Jan Ciagli?skj at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1905–07). Member of Nikolai Kulbin ’s ...
Painter, graphic artist, lithographer, writer. Born in Torzhok in Tver Province to Colonel Georgy Jawlensky of the Russian army and his second wife Alexandra Medvedeva (1864). Grew up at the family e...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, illustrator. Studied at grammar school and Ivan Kopylov’s school of art in Irkutsk (1901–13). Attended a studio of art in Paris (1913). Returned to Russi...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, art theorist, writer, teacher. Born in Warsaw in the family of a university lecturer called Vasily Sterligov (1904). Grew up in Moscow, where he attended grammar...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Brought up in Vyatka (now Kirov) by his stepfather after his father suffered a nervous breakdown. Studied at the Baron Stieglitz Central School of Technical Drawing (18...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator. Born Elena Benard in St Petersburg (1863). Graduated from the Pauline Institute for Women in St Petersburg. Studied at the Helsingfors School of Drawing and took...
Painter, draughtsman, etcher, illustrator, teacher. Studied under Bogdan Gottfried Willewalde, Pavel Chistyakov, Valery Jacoby, Vladimir Orlovsky and Julius von Klever at the Imperial Academy of Arts...
Painter, graphic artist, designer, teacher. Son of Rudolf Ferdinandovich von Frentz. Studied under his father and under Vasily Savinsky and Nikolai Samokish at the Imperial Academy of Arts/State Free...