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Painter, graphic artist, applied artist, decorator, teacher. Grandson of Victor Vasnetsov, great-nephew of Apollinary Vasnetsov, distantly related to Yury Vasnetsov. Born in Moscow (1924) in the fami...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer. Born in the family of Vasily Lobanov in the town of Berezniki in Perm Province (1901). Attended school in the town of Solikamsk in Perm Province (late 19...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in Leningrad (1933) in the family of Lieutenant Alexander Mezhirov (1902–1943), who was killed near Kremchug during the Second World War (1943). Studied at the Dulyovo P...
Painter, graphic artist, poster designer, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Ivan Lyushin in the village of Malino to the south-east of Moscow (1898). Studied at the Imp...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Gavriil Tikhov near Kiev (1876). Attended Morshank Realschule in Tambov Province (1890s). Studied under Vladimir Makovsky and Ilya Repin at the Imperial...
Jewish graphic artist, poster designer. Born in the family of David Bograd in the city of Rostov-on-Don in south-west Russia (1899). Graduated from Rostov School of Art (early 1920s). Designed movie ...
Painter, graphic artist, restorer. Born in the family of Yevgeny Arkharov in Moscow (1937). Studied at the Faculty of Graphic Art of Moscow Pedagogical Institute (1956–61). Travelled widely across Ru...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Grigory Nevelstein in the city of Kherson in south Ukraine (1903). Worked as an assistant smelter in a foundry (1916) and joined the Red Army d...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical and film designer, teacher. Born in the family of Semyon Kerner in evacuation in Stalingrad (1941). Studied at the Leningrad Secondary School of Art (1955–59) and ...
Sculptor, graphic artist. Husband of Maria Kharlamova. Born in the family of a Jewish musician called Abram Weinman in the Ukrainian town of Krivoi Rog (1913). Studied at Odessa Institute of Art (fro...