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Sculptor, teacher. Born in the family of Alexander Sinaisky in the Ukrainian port of Mariupole on the Sea of Azov (1893). Studied under Kyriakos Kostandi and Giuseppe Mormone at the Odessa School of ...
Sculptor, teacher, writer on art, memoirist. Born in the family of a peasant called Timofei Konyonkov in the village of Verkhnie (Upper) Karakovichi in the south of Smolensk Province (1874). Studied ...
Graphic artist, painter, illustrator, writer on engraving, teacher. Born in the family of Alexei Dobrov in Moscow (1877). Studied at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Moscow University (1897–...
Sculptor, teacher. Born in the family of a floor-layer called Konstantin Anikushin in Moscow (1917). Studied under Gavriil Schultz at the Leningrad Secondary School of Art (1936–37) and under Victor ...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of a postal worker called Gennady Pozdeyev and his wife Yevdokia in the village of Nizhny Ingash in Siberian (now Krasnoyarsk) Region (1926). Won a childre...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Ivan Penushkin in Leningrad (1935). Studied at the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren (1945), Leningrad Secondary School of Art (1946–53), ...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Timofei Fomin in the village of Ledyakha in the south-east of Pskov Province (1919). Moved with his family to Leningrad (1931), where he studie...
Applied artist, decorator. Born in the family of Vasily Kirsanov in the city of Vladimir (1912). Studied at Vyacheslav Rutsai’s studio in Moscow (1933–35) and under Lyudmila Mayakovskaya (elder siste...
Painter, graphic artist, decorator. Born in the family of Fyodor Kholuyev at the station of Lev Tolstoy in the Central Black Earth (now Lipetsk) Region (1932). Studied at Ryazan School of Art (1948–5...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Vasily Shevandronov in Moscow (1928). Studied under Vasily Pochitalov at the Moscow Secondary School of Art (1944–47) and under Victor Tsyplakov at the ...