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Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Vasily Kalinin in Moscow (1939). Graduated from the Abramtsevo School of Art in Khotkovo (1962) and the Victor Vasnetsov School of Art and Industry in A...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Georgy Birger in Moscow (1923). Studied at the 1905 School of Art (1940–41) and the Moscow Institute of Fine Arts (1941–42). Called up into the Red Army...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Pavel Pyatnitsky in Moscow (1938). Studied chemistry at Moscow State University (1955–57) and art at Moscow Textile Institute (1957–59, expelled for For...
Architect, graphic artist, sculptor, painter. Born in the family of a professional revolutionary called Vasily Lanin in the village of Krasivaya Mech in Tula Region (1925). Studied at the Ilya Repin ...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Gerasim Zubkov in Perm (1940). Studied painting and graphic art at the Alexander Herzen Pedagogical Institute in Leningrad (1962–68) and Impres...
Sculptor. Born in the family of Josif Neizvestny in Sverdlovsk (1925). Volunteered to fight in the Second World War (1942), wounded in Austria at the very end of the war (1945). Believed killed and p...
Artist. Born in Moscow in the family of an economist called Nikolai Tselkov employed at an aviation factory (1934). Studied at the Moscow Secondary School of Art (1949–53), Minsk Institute of Theatri...
Graphic artist, theatrical and cinema designer, teacher, director. Born in the family of Alexander Nolev-Sobolev in Moscow (1928). Studied at Moscow Institute of Polygraphy (1945–53). Opened a club a...
Sculptor, theatrical designer, graphic artist, painter, restorer. Born in the family of Vasily Vasilyev in Moscow (1925). Visited Yevgeny Kropivnitsky’s studio (1936). Studied under Anton Chirkov and...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Vasily Kharitonov in Moscow (1931). Did not receive a professional art education. Studied but did not graduate from the Moscow Municipal Children’s Scho...