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Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in Moscow in the family of a peasant called Grigory Tsyplakov (1915). Grew up in the village of Burminka in Ryazan Region (1920s). Studied under Grigory Shegal ...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of agricultural labourer Kirill Nechitailo and his wife Xenia in the village of Vorontsovo-Nikolaevskoe in the Province of the Don Cossack Host (1...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Husband of artist Zinaida Kozhevnikova (1894–1961), father of musician Irina Kotova (born 1928), father-in-law of musician Ivan Mozgovenko (born 1924). Born in the s...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the Ukrainian town of Elizavetgrad (now Kirovohrad) in the family of a mechanic called Dmitry Pokarzhevsky (1889). Studied under Feodosy Kozachi...
Sculptor, draughtsman, teacher, writer. Born in St Petersburg (1891) in the family of Baltic painter Heinrich Maniser (1847–1925). Studied under Matvei Chizhov at the primary school of the Baron Stie...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver, theatrical designer, teacher, writer. Younger brother of the composer Paul Juon (1872–1940). Born in Moscow (1875) to Swiss-Russian insurance official Theodor Friedric...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Ivan Dormidontov in St Petersburg (1898). Studied under Arkady Rylov, Grigory Bobrovsky, Ivan Bilibin and Nicholas Roerich at the ...
Painter, graphic artist, decorator. Born in the family of Vladimir Pakulin in Rybinsk (1900). Moved to Petrograd (1916), where he studied under Alexei Karev, Josif Shkolnik and Vladimir Lebedev at th...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, teacher. Graduated from Berdyansk Municipal School (1896). Studied under Kyriakos Kostandi and Gennady Ladyzhensky at the Odessa School of Art (1896–1902...
Painter, graphic artist, engraver, illustrator, teacher. Studied painting under Konstantin Korovin, Sergei Ivanov and Dmitry Scherbinovsky at the Stroganov School of Art and Industry (1901–07) and Ab...