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Painter, draughtsman. Elder brother of artists Apollinary Goravsky (1833–1900) and Hilary Goravsky (1847–after 1875). Born in the family of impoverished Polish nobleman Hilary Horawski and his wife M...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Yefim Ekgorst (Eckhorst) in St Petersburg (1831). Studied under Bogdan Gottfried Willewalde at the Imperial Academy of Arts (mid-1850s–1860). A...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of a merchant called Yakov Voloskov and his wife Vasilisa in the town of Rzhev in Tver Province (1822). Studied landscape painting under Maxim Vorobyov at ...
Painter, draughtsman, teacher. Born in the family of Alexei Redkovsky in Smolensk (1831). Studied at the Stroganov School of Art and Industry in Moscow (1852–54) and the Imperial Academy of Arts (185...
Painter, draughtsman. Born in the family of Lev Kamenev in the town of Rylsk in Kursk Province (1833). Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1854–57). Member of the Mo...
Painter. Born in the family of Alexander Bubnov in Gatchina (1850). Studied under Ivan Kramskoi at the evening classes of the School of Drawing of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (1863–...
Painter, draughtsman. Born in the family of Sophron Bogomolov-Romanovich (1830). Studied landscape painting under Maxim Vorobyov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1853–57). Awarded a minor silver meda...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver, restorer, teacher. Born in the family of a serf called Mikhail Legashov in the village of Lipovka in Penza Province (1798). Studied music (1800s) and joinery (1810s). ...
Painter, draughtsman, engraver. Born in the family of Fyodor Gryaznov (1805). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1813), where he was assigned to the engraving class (1819). Awarded a minor...
Painter. Born in the family of Andrei Ivanov (1812). Studied under Maxim Vorobyov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1844). Awarded a minor silver medal (1844) and a major silver medal (1845). Wor...