National Romantic

Vardges Sureniants

Armenian painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer. Born in the family of a priest and religious teacher called Akop Surenyants in the town of Akhaltsikhe in southern Georgia (1860). Studied at th...

Witold Byalynitsky-Birulia

Belorussian painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Kajetan Byalynitsky-Birulia in Krynki in Mohilev Province (1872). Studied at the Nikolai Murashko School of Drawing in Kiev (1885–89) and un...

Harutyun Shamshinian

Armenian painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Sahag Shamshinian in the town of Tiflis in Georgia (1856). Studied at the School of Drawing of the Tiflis Art Society (1874–77) and un...

Apollinary Vasnetsov

Painter, graphic artist, applied artist, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher, writer on art, historian, archaeologist. Younger brother of Victor Vasnetsov, great-uncle of Andrei Vasnetov, fifth...

Victor Vasnetsov

Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, applied artist, theatrical designer, decorator, illustrator. Elder brother of Apollinary Vasnetsov, grandfather of Andrei Vasnetov, fifth cousin once removed of Yur...

Nikolai Karazin

Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, teacher, ethnographer, writer. Grandson of founder of Kharkiv University Vasyl Karazin (1773–1842) and son of inventor Nikolai Karazin (1816–1874). Born in the slob...

Nikolai Dubovskoi

Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of a Don Cossack in Novocherkassk (1859). Studied at the Vladimir Military Academy in Kiev (1870–77) and under Baron Mikhail Konstantino...

Vasily Vasilyevich Vereschagin

Painter, draughtsman, traveller, writer, sailor, soldier. Born in the family of a rich landowner in the town of Cherepovets in Novgorod Province (1842). Grew up on the family estate of Pertovka near ...

Karlis Jekabs Vilhelms Huns

Latvian painter, draughtsman, lithographer, teacher. Born in Sissegal in Livonia (now Madliena in Latvia) to teacher, organist and parish clerk Karlis Fridrihs Huns and his wife Luize Doroteja Fogels...

Eugène Lanceray (Lanseré)

Sculptor. Grandson of Major Paul Lanseré of the Napoleonic army, who was wounded and captured at the Battle of Borodino (1812) and decided to remain in Russia, where he married the daughter of the go...

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