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Painter, draughtsman. Born in the family of Lev Kamenev in the town of Rylsk in Kursk Province (1833). Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1854–57). Member of the Mo...
Painter. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a civil servant called Ivan Sternberg (1818). Studied under Maxim Vorobyov at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Awarded a second-class silver medal (1836),...
Sculptor. Born in the family of a stonemason called Afanasy Chizhov in the village of Pudovo in Moscow Province (1838). Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1857–59)....
Draughtsman, painter, illustrator. Born in the family of Pyotr Pryanishnikov in St Petersburg (1841). Studied at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome (from late 1850s), under Charles Gleyre in Paris and...
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...
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 ...
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...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator. Born in Kursk in the family of Lieutenant General Grigory Schwartz and Natalia Yakovleva (1838). Served as a page at the imperial court (1847). Studied at the Im...
German sculptor. Born in St Petersburg (1828) in the family of Johann Kaspar Lieberich (1771–1834) und Luise Rheinbott (1788–1871). Served in the Dragoon Life Guards and the Leuchtenberg Hussar Regim...