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  • Nikita Chelnakov (Chelnokov)

    Engraver, draughtsman. Born in Moscow in the family of a soldier in the Butyrki Infantry Regiment called Fyodor Chelnakov (1734). Educated at the St Petersburg Garrison School (1740s). Transferred to...

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  • Alexei Davydov

    Painter, draughtsman, engraver. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a naval stores officer called Pyotr Davydov (1761). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1767–82). Awarded a second-class ce...

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  • Andrei Kazachinsky

    Engraver, draughtsman. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a postal binder called Ivan Kazachinsky (1774). Studied drawing at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1779–94) and engraving under Antoine-Chr...

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  • Dmitry Levitsky

    Painter, teacher. Born in Kiev (1735) to Ukrainian priest and engraver Grigory Nos-Levitsky (1697–1769). Moved to St Petersburg (1758) and studied under Alexei Antropov (1758–64), whom he possibly he...

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  • Anton Losenko

    Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born to a family of Ukrainian Cossacks in the town of Glukhov near Chernihiv (1737). Orphaned at an early age and sent to sing in the court choir at St Petersburg (1744...

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  • Pyotr Ivanovich Sokolov I

    Painter, teacher. Born a serf of Princess Golitsyna, who gave him his freedom at the age of ten (1763). Studied under Anton Losenko and Gavriil Kozlov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1763–72). Award...

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  • Grigory Ugryumov

    Painter, teacher. Studied under Gavriil Kozlov, Ivan Akimov and Pyotr Sokolov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1770–85). Awarded a minor silver medal (1783), major silver medal (1774) and minor gold ...

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