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Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born in the family of a provincial registrar called Ivan Yesakov in the town of Luga near Novgorod (1790). Studied landscape painting under Mikhail Ivanov at the Imperi...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born in the family of Alexei Vasilyev in St Petersburg (1783). Studied landscape painting under Fyodor Alexeyev at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1788–1803). Awarded a m...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Studied painting under Fyodor Alexeyev at the theatrical school of the Imperial Theatres (until 1787). Taught drawing at the School of Mining (1787–1801). Nominated to ...