Realist

Nikolai Koshelev

Painter, draughtsman, restorer, teacher. Born in the family of a serf called Andrei Koshelev in the village of Serman in Penza Province (1840). Studied icon-painting under craftsman for three years i...

Ivan Gorokhov

Painter, teacher. Born in the family of a former serf called Lavrenty Gorokhov in the village of Beli in Moscow Province (1863). Studied under Illarion Pryanishnikov and Vladimir Makovsky at the Mosc...

Leonid Pozen

Sculptor. Born in the family of a retired staff captain called Vladimir Pozen in the Ukrainian village of Obolon (1849). Studied at Kharkiv and St Petersburg Universities. Graduated as doctor of law ...

Vasily Maximov

Painter, teacher. Born in the family of Maxim Maximov in the village of Lopino in St Petersburg Province (1844). Studied at icon-painting studios in St Petersburg (1855–62) and under Alexei Markov at...

Varvara Baruzdina

Painter, draughtswoman, writer, teacher. Niece of Pavel Chistyakov. Born in the family of a craftsman called Matvei Baruzdin in the village of Krasny Kholm in Tver Province (1862). Moved to St Peters...

Nikolai Jaroshenko

Painter, draughtsman. Born in Poltava in the family of Major General Alexander Jaroshenko and his wife Lyubov (1846). Studied at the Peter Military Academy in Poltava (1855–57) and moved to St Peters...

Johann Wilhelm Mathé

Engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of German civil engineer Wilhelm Mathé near the town of Eydtkuhnen (now Virbalis in Lithuania) on the Prussian-Russian border (1856). G...

Sergei Korovin

Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Elder brother of Konstantin Korovin. Born in Moscow in the family of an Old Believer merchant called Alexei Korovin (1858). Studied under Vasily Perov, ...

Sergei Vasilyevich Ivanov

Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the small town of Ruza to the west of Moscow in the family of an excise officer (1864). Studied under Pyotr Sinebatov (mid-1870s), under Vasily ...

Vasily Pukirev

Painter, draughtsman, lithographer, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of a peasant called Vladimir Pukirev in the village of Luzhniki in Tula Province (1832). Studied under an icon-painter in ...

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