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Painter, textile factory owner, entrepreneur. Born in the family of a merchant called Vasily Mescherin in Moscow (1864). Studied painting independently, enjoying the advice of Manuel Aladjalov, Vasil...
Painter, teacher. Born in the family of Maxim Maximov in the village of Lopino in St Petersburg Province (1844). Studied at icon-painting studios in St Petersburg (1855–62) and under Alexei Markov at...
Painter. Born in the family of Ivan Lysov in Ivanovo-Voznesensk (1878?). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1910s). Died in Ivanovo (after 1939?). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1910s). Contr...
Painter, theatrical designer. Born in the family of Adolf Lockenberg in the resort of Strelna on the Gulf of Finland (1875). Studied at the Central School of Technical Drawing in St Petersburg (1890s...
Painter, sculptor, illustrator, art critic. Born in the family of Vasily Dosekin in Kharkiv (1863). Studied at Yegor Schreider’s studio in Kharkov, under Alexander Kiselyov in Moscow (late 1870s–earl...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Alexander Demyanov in Artinsky Zavod in the Urals (1873). Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1892–1903) and under Ale...
Belorussian painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Kajetan Byalynitsky-Birulia in Krynki in Mohilev Province (1872). Studied at the Nikolai Murashko School of Drawing in Kiev (1885–89) and un...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in W?oc?awek in Poland (1857). Studied under Pavel Chistyakov and Valery Jacoby at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1878–86). Awarded minor silver med...
Painter, teacher. Born in the family of Emmanuil Braz in Odessa (1873). Studied under Kyriakos Kostandi at the Odessa School of Drawing (until 1890), at Simon Hollósy’s school and the Königliche Akad...
Painter, mosaicist, teacher. Born in the family of Balthasar Beringer in Alexanderhilf near Odessa (1875). Studied at the Odessa School of Drawing (1890–93) and the Imperial Academy of Arts (1893–99)...