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Painter, graphic artist, applied artist, illustrator, theatrical designer, teacher. Distantly related to Andrei Vasnetov. Born in the town of Vyatka (now Kirov) in the family of a priest called Alexe...
Painter, graphic art, applied artist, theatrical and cinema designer, illustrator. Born in Nikolayev in the family of a Jewish photographer called Menachem Mendel Krimmer (1900). Worked as a theatrica...
Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, architect, woodcarver, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Ivan Feshin (c. 1850–1918) and Praskovia Chistova (1852–1920) in Kazan (1881...
Sculptress. Born in St Petersburg in the family of civil servant Dmitry Dormilatov (1892). Studied at the School of Drawing of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (1906) and the Mikhail Ber...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, poster and theatrical designer, teacher. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a mechanic called Vasily Lebedev (1891). Graduated from the Peter I Commercial Co...
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, sculptor, draughtsman, applied artist, decorator, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Born in Brest-Litovsk in the family of military engineer Semyon Stelletsky (1875). Grew up on his...
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, engraver, sculptor, illustrator, poster designer, teacher. Born in the family of a peasant called Fyodor Pakhomov in the village of Varlamovo in Vologda Province (1900). Atte...