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Graphic artist, painter. Born in the family of Vasily Belyashin in Moscow (1878). Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1893–1901) and the Imperial Academy of Arts (19...
Painter. Born in the family of Nikolai Baksheyev in Moscow (1862). Studied under Illarion Pryanishnikov, Vladimir Makovsky and Vasily Polenov at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architect...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the village of Bolshie Soli in Kostroma Province (now Nekrasovskoe in Yaroslavl Region) in the family of a rural priest called Arseny Vinogradov...
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...
Painter, writer. Born into a wealthy family of the Ukrainian nobility in the village of Havrontsi near Poltava (1858). Lived abroad with her mother after her parents divorced, visiting Austria, Germa...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Born in Moscow (1865). Son of Russian composer Alexander Serov (1820–1871) and German pianist Valentina Bergman (1846–1924). Attend...
Sculptor, teacher. Illegitimate son of the Russian diplomat Prince Peter Troubetzkoy (1822–1892) and the American singer Ada Winans (1835–1917). Studied under Giuseppe Grandi, Donato Barcaglia and Er...
Polish painter, teacher. Son of Julian Zukowski, a Polish aristocrat stripped of his lands and titles for taking part in the January Uprising (1863). Studied under Isaac Levitan and Abram Arkhipov at...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in Simferopole to a veteran of the Crimean War called Stepan Stepanov (1858). Lost his parents at an early age and sent to the Nicholas Institute f...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Son of Konstantinidi Vasilketi, a Greek émigré from Santorini who fled to Russia after his island was invaded by the Turks. Worked in a grocery store and a wine-cellar ...