20th Century

Harriet von Rathlef-Keilmann

Latvian painter, graphic artist, sculptress, illustrator, writer. Descended from Rabbi Abram Awerbuck of Courland, who took the surname of Keyleman in memory of his late wife Keyla (early 18th centur...

Mikhail Blokh (Moisei Bloch)

Polish Jewish sculptor, teacher. Born in the family of Phoebus Bloch in Warsaw (1885). Studied at the Odessa School of Art (first half of 1900s) and under Vladimir Beklemishev at the Imperial Academy...

Stefan Erzia

Erzyan sculptor. Born as Stepan Nefyodov in the family of an Erzyan peasant called Dmitry Nefyodov in the village of Bayevo in Simbirsk Province (1876). Adopted the name of his ethnic group as a pseu...

Konstantin Vyalov

Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, applied artist, theatrical designer, poster designer, book illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Alexander Vyalov in Moscow (1900). Studied at the Imperial St...

Alexander Grube

Sculptor, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Vasily Grube in the village of Grigorievka in Ufa Province (1894). Studied at Penza School of Art (1905–13) and Petrograd University (1914–16)...

Vladimir Sitnikov

Painter, graphic artist, book designer, object artist, photographer. Born in Moscow (1958). Graduated from the Krasnaya Presnya School of Art in Moscow (1976) and Moscow Institute of Polygraphy (1985...

Alexander Sitnikov

Painter, graphic artist. Husband of Olga Bulakova, father of Natalia Sitnikova. Born in the family of Grigory Sitnikov in the village of Iva in the north of Penza Region (1945). Graduated from the Mo...

Tatyana Nazarenko

Painter, graphic artist, installation artist, teacher. Born in the family of a military serviceman called Grigory Nazarenko in Moscow (1944). Studied at the Moscow Secondary School of Art (1955–62) a...

Natalia Nesterova

Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of architect Igor Nesterov in Moscow (1944). Studied at the Moscow Secondary School of Art (1955–62) and under Dmitry Zhilinsky at the Vasily Surikov Insti...

Olga Bulgakova

Painter, graphic artist. Wife of Alexander Sitnikov, mother of Natalia Sitnikova. Born in Moscow (1951) in the family of artists Vasily Bulgakov (1917–1970) and Matilda Halpern (1919–1998). Studied a...

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