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Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of merchant called Pyotr Lomtev in Rostov (1816). Studied under Fidelio Bruni at the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1837, occasional student). Went to Ital...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator. Born in Kursk in the family of Lieutenant General Grigory Schwartz and Natalia Yakovleva (1838). Served as a page at the imperial court (1847). Studied at the Im...
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, caricaturist, teacher. Born (1802). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1813–24). Awarded a minor silver medal (1820), major silver medal (1822), minor silver ...