Russian Artists

Jacob Jugashvili

Georgian painter, graphic artist. Great-grandson of Joseph Stalin and his first wife Kato Svanidze (1885–1907). Grandson of Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907–1943) and Olga Golysheva (1909–1957). Son of Sovie...

Harriet von Rathlef-Keilmann

Latvian painter, graphic artist, sculptress, illustrator, writer. Descended from Rabbi Abram Awerbuck of Courland, who took the surname of Keyleman in memory of his late wife Keyla (early 18th centur...

Mikhail Blokh (Moisei Bloch)

Polish Jewish sculptor, teacher. Born in the family of Phoebus Bloch in Warsaw (1885). Studied at the Odessa School of Art (first half of 1900s) and under Vladimir Beklemishev at the Imperial Academy...

Stefan Erzia

Erzyan sculptor. Born as Stepan Nefyodov in the family of an Erzyan peasant called Dmitry Nefyodov in the village of Bayevo in Simbirsk Province (1876). Adopted the name of his ethnic group as a pseu...

Leon Wyczółkowski

Polish painter, draughtsman, engraver, teacher. Born in the family of glass merchant Mateusz Wyczółkowski and Antonina Falińska in the village of Huta Miastkowska near Garwolin in the kingdom of Pola...

Nikolai Lomtev

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...

Graeme Gerard Halliday (Hallidonto)

Scottish visual and performance artist. Born to Gerard and Donna Marie Halliday in Dundee (28 July 1982). Studied at Dundee College (2001–04) and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Du...

Konstantin Vyalov

Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, applied artist, theatrical designer, poster designer, book illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Alexander Vyalov in Moscow (1900). Studied at the Imperial St...

Alexander Grube

Sculptor, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Vasily Grube in the village of Grigorievka in Ufa Province (1894). Studied at Penza School of Art (1905–13) and Petrograd University (1914–16)...

Nikolai von Schilder

Painter, graphic artist. Born in Kharkiv (1828) in the family of a retired Baltic German cornet called Otto Gustav von Schilder (1789–1848) and his wife Wilhelmine Charlotte Friederike von Schmidt (1...

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