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Sculptress. Born in the family of Sergei Kirillov in Poltava (1922). Studied at the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art in Moscow (1941–49) and animal art under Vasily Vatagin. Contributed to exhibitions...
Sculptor. Born in the family of Nikolai Kardashev in Moscow (1871). Took private lessons from artists, occasionally studied drawing at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1895–...
Sculptress, applied artist. Born in the family of Grigory Kaplyansky in the town of Bezhitsa in Bryansk Province (1913). Studied under Alexander Matveyev (1947–49). Lived and worked in Leningrad. Con...
Painter, designer. Born in the family of a railwayman called Victor Vorobyevsky in the village of Tankha in Transbaikal Region (1906). Graduated from the Pavlovsk School of Art (1926) and worked at t...
Porcelain artist. Born in the family of Lavrenty Semyonov in Batanovka in Novgorod Province (1914). Studied at the school of art and industry of the Red Porcelainist Factory (1930–33). Worked as a sc...
Theatrical designer, graphic artist. Descended from Florentine humanist and historian Leonardo Bruni (c. 1370–1444), great-grandson of Fidelio Bruni. Born in the family of musician Georgy Bruni in St...
Theatrical designer, graphic artist, lithographer. Born in the family of Georgy Boriskovich in St Petersburg (1905). Studied at the Higher Art and Technical College (1921–23) and under Alexander Golo...
Theatrical designer, draughtsman, painter, teacher. Born in the family of Pyotr Sotnikov in Leningrad (1938). Studied at the Leningrad Secondary School of Art (1949–53, expelled) and the Leningrad In...
Theatrical designer, graphic artist, painter. Born in the family of Ivan Anushin in St Petersburg (1904). Studied at the Studios of Art and Crafts/Petrograd Technical College of Art and Industry (192...
Theatrical designer, painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Pavel Bobyshov in the village of Pogoreloe in Tver Province (1885). Studied at the Baron Stieglitz Central School of Techn...