Late 19th Century

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...

Khariton Platonov

Painter, draughtsman, teacher, restorer. Born in the family of a peasant called Platon Platonov in the village of Vorona in Yaroslavl Province (1841). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1859–70...

Carl Eduard Hefftler

Estonian painter, graphic artist, applied artist, architect. Born in the family of a Baltic German dentist called Eduard Ludwig Hefftler and his wife Marie Louise Haase in the city of Reval (now Tall...

Vladimir Bondarenko

Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Arkhip Bondarenko in the Ukraine (1866). Studied under Kyriakos Kostandi at Odessa School of Drawing (1880s), under Ivan Shishkin and Arkhip Kuinji at t...

Alexander Yegornov

Painter, graphic artist. Elder brother of artist Sergei Yegornov (1860–1920). Born in the family of Semyon Yegornov in Moscow (1858). Studied landscape painting under Baron Mikhail Konstantinovich Cl...

Sergei Svetoslavsky

Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, decorator, teacher. Born in the family of a court councillor called Ivan Svetoslavsky in Kiev (1857). Studied under Alexei Savrasov, Vasily Perov, Yevgraf Soroki...

Theodore (Fyodor) Kamensky

Sculptor, farmer. Born in the family of Major General Fyodor Kamensky in the village of Lesnoe near St Petersburg (1836). Studied under Ivan Vitali, Nikolai Pimenov, Baron Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg...

Mark Antokolsky

Sculptor, teacher, writer on art. Great-uncle of poet Pavel Antokolsky (1896–1978). Born as Marduk in the family of a poor Jewish innkeeper called Matvei who lived in the district of Antakalnis in th...

Émile Villiers de l’Isle Adam

Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Samuel (Stepan) Villiers de l’Isle Adam (1843). Graduated from the Nicholas Cavalry Academy in St Petersburg (first half of 1860s). Took up pai...

Alexei Harlamoff

Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of a serf called Alexei Kharlamov in the village of Diyachevka in Saratov Province (1840). Studied under Alexei Markov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (185...

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