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Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Philipp Ivanov in the village of Mshagi in Novgorod Province (1869). Studied under Ilya Repin at the Imperial Academy of Arts (189...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Nikita Kuchumov in Penza (1888). Studied at the Penza School of Art (1900s) and under Vladimir Makovsky at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1909–16). Survi...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in St Petersburg (1861) in the family of a nobleman, art critic and amateur painter called Nikolai Stepanov (1822–1874) and his wife Natalia Kniper (1831–1911). Graduate...
Polish painter. Born in Warsaw in the family of Polish prison officer Wincenty Mazurowski and actress Józefa Pogorzelska (1859). Studied at the Warsaw Drawing Class (1876–77) and under Bogdan Gottfri...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer. Born in the family of Nikolai Chernov-Krause in St Petersburg (1875). Studied at St Petersburg University (1890s), School of Drawing of the Society for t...
Sculptor, medallist. Born in the family of a gardener called Carl Timus at Pada Manor near Rakvere in north-east Estonia (1865). Designed models for the Imperial Porcelain Factory (1896–1917), includ...
Photographer. Opened a photographic studio at 14 Nicholas Street in St Petersburg (1895–1910). Only known surviving works are photographs in the Views of Moscow album (1890s).
Graphic artist, painter, illustrator. Born in the family of Sergei Solomko in St Petersburg (1867). Extern student of the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1887). Collaborated with the Niva magazine (fr...
Pictorial photographer, teacher. Born in the family of an hereditary honorary citizen called Alexander Petrov in the town of Yelets in Oryol Province (1875). Graduated from the Riga Polytechnic Insti...
Photographer. Born in the family of Pyotr Dmitriyev in the village of Povalishino in Tambov Province (1858). Studied under Moscow photographer Mikhail Nastyukov and attended Sunday classes of drawing...