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Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Half-brother of Alexander Brullov and Karl Brullov. Great-grandson of Hans Georg Brüllo, an ornamental sculptor descended from a family of French Huguenots (Brulleau) w...
Painter, draughtsman, theatrical designer, teacher. Younger brother of Alexander Brullov, half-brother of Fyodor Brullov, brother-in-law of Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov and Georg Wilhelm Timm. Great-gra...
Painter. Father of Pyotr Sokolov and Alexander Sokolov, brother-in-law of Alexander Brullov and Karl Brullov, great-grandfather of Lev Bruni. Born to a rich family in Moscow (1791), but his father di...
Painter, teacher. Studied under Ivan Akimov and Grigory Ugryumov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1782–97). Awarded a minor gold medal and position of assistant teacher of the life class (1797). Fell...
Painter, draughtsman. Adopted son of Maxim Vorobyov. Studied under his father at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1833–39). Awarded minor silver medals (1835, 1836), minor gold medal (1837) and major go...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver. Father of Sokrat Vorobyov. Born in Pskov (1787) to an army corporal who was transferred to St Petersburg to work as a caretaker at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1798)....