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Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Mikhail Grabovsky in Ekaterinburg (1878). Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1894–1901) and under Pavel Chistyakov an...
Greek painter, graphic artist, teacher. Son of Petros Chimonas (officer in the Greek Battalion of Balaklava who took part in the defence of Sebastopole during the Crimean War ) and Photinia Vasilkiot...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Elder brother of Konstantin Korovin. Born in Moscow in the family of an Old Believer merchant called Alexei Korovin (1858). Studied under Vasily Perov, ...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver, teacher, collector. Grandson of the writer Alexander Radischev (1749–1802), son of Colonel Pyotr Bogolyubov (c. 1780–1830) and Fyokla Radischeva (1795–1845). Born in t...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver. Son of Carl Joachim Beggrow. Born in St Petersburg (1841), where he studied at the Nicholas College of Engineering and the Naval Academy of Engineering and Artillery (...
Painter, graphic artist, applied artist, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher, writer on art, historian, archaeologist. Younger brother of Victor Vasnetsov, great-uncle of Andrei Vasnetov, fifth...
Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, applied artist, theatrical designer, decorator, illustrator. Elder brother of Apollinary Vasnetsov, grandfather of Andrei Vasnetov, fifth cousin once removed of Yur...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Avvakum Naumov in St Petersburg (1840). Studied at the Sunday classes of the St Petersburg School of Drawing (1850s) and at the Imperial Academ...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the small town of Ruza to the west of Moscow in the family of an excise officer (1864). Studied under Pyotr Sinebatov (mid-1870s), under Vasily ...
Polish sculptor, painter, teacher. Grandson of Polish poet Cyprian Godebski (1765–1809), son of Polish writer Franciszek Ksawery Godebski (1801–1869). Born in Méry-sur-Cher in central France (1835) a...