Early 19th Century

Sergei Chirikov

Draughtsman, painter, writer, teacher. Born in the family of a palace stoker called Gavrila Chirikov in St Petersburg (1776). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1782–94). Worked as a naval drau...

Ivan Alexeyevich Ivanov

Architect, draughtsman, painter, engraver, illustrator, caricaturist, teacher. Born in the family of architect Alexei Ivanov in Moscow (1779). Studied architecture at the Imperial Academy of Arts (17...

Alexander Vasilyevsky

Painter, lithographer. Born in the family of Alexei Vasilyevsky (1794). Studied portraiture under Feodosy Schedrin at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1803–16). Awarded a minor silver medal (1813) and a...

Johann Wilhelm Gottfried Barth

German painter, graphic artist. Born in the city of Magdeburg in the semi-autonomous Duchy of Magdeburg in the Kingdom of Prussia (1779). Studied under Johann Hubert Anton Forst at the Berliner Porze...

Otto Hermann Österreich

Draughtsman, lithographer, painter. Born in the family of sculptor Johann Georg Österreich (1790). Studied sculpture at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1801–12). Drew a series of portraits of Russian w...

Franz Krüger

German painter, draughtsman. Born in the family of a German nobleman called Friedrich Krüger in the village of Großbadegast in the Principality of Anhalt-Dessau (1797). Studied under Carl Wilhelm Kol...

Pavel Mikhailov

Painter, draughtsman, miniaturist. Born in the family of Nikolai Mikhailov in St Petersburg (1786). Studied under Stepan Schukin at the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1795). Awarded a minor silver me...

Yemelian Korneyev

Draughtsman, painter, engraver. Born in the family of Mikhail Korneyev Khorol in Poltava Province (1780?). Studied engraving and history painting under Grigory Ugryumov at the Imperial Academy of Art...

Ivan Yakovlev

Painter, teacher. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a retired sergeant of the Vyatka Infantry Regiment called Yeremei Yakovlev (1787). Studied under Stepan Schukin at the Imperial Academy of Art...

Pavel Sazikov

Jeweller, silversmith, goldsmith, engraver, merchant. Hallmark: ?? or ???????? in a rectangle. Born in the family of a serf called Fyodor Yermolaevich in the village of Vokhna (now Pavlovsky Posad) i...

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