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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 and Fidelio Bruni at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1852–60). Awarded a minor gold medal (1859) and a major gold medal and the title of first-class artist (1860). Fellow of the Imperial Academy of Art...
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...