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Painter. Father of Pyotr Sokolov and Alexander Sokolov, brother-in-law of Alexander Brullov and Karl Brullov, great-grandfather of Lev Bruni. Born to a rich family in Moscow (1791), but his father di...
Painter, draughtsman. Adopted son of Maxim Vorobyov. Studied under his father at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1833–39). Awarded minor silver medals (1835, 1836), minor gold medal (1837) and major go...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver. Father of Sokrat Vorobyov. Born in Pskov (1787) to an army corporal who was transferred to St Petersburg to work as a caretaker at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1798)....