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Painter. Born in the family of Maxim Volkov (c. 1776). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts and awarded a minor silver medal (1803). Nominated to the Imperial Academy of Arts (1804), academician (...
Painter. Born in the town of Toropets in Pskov Province (now Tver Region) in the family of a prosperous merchant called Vasily Luchaninov (1781). Studied under Stepan Schukin and Alexander Warnek at ...
Painter. Studied under Grigory Ugryumov at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Awarded a minor silver medal (1801) and a second-class certificate (1802).
Painter. Son of a collegiate registrar called Luka Gorshenkov. Studied under Stepan Schukin at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1802–15). Awarded a minor silver medal (1811), major silver medal (1813) a...
Painter. Son of Afanasy Ugryumov. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1795–1806). Awarded a minor silver medal (1803) and a minor gold medal (1806).
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Studied painting under Fyodor Alexeyev at the theatrical school of the Imperial Theatres (until 1787). Taught drawing at the School of Mining (1787–1801). Nominated to ...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver. Studied history painting under Grigory Ugryumov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1803–08). Awarded minor gold medals (1805, 1806), major silver medal (1806) and a firs...
Painter, draughtsman, lithographer, teacher. Father of Alexander Ivanov and architect Sergei Ivanov (1822–1877). Born to unknown parents in Moscow (1775). Grew up at the Moscow Foundling Hospital (17...
Italian theatrical designer, architect, draughtsman, writer on art. Born to Francisco di Gottardo Gonzaga (theatrical painter and interior decorator) and Anna Grini (noblewoman from Belluno) in the t...
Sculptor, teacher. Born in the family of a serf called Ivan Smirnov in the village of Bolshoe Stolobetskoe in Oryol Province (1793). Became known as “Orlovsky” after the family moved from Oryol Provi...