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Painter, graphic artist, teacher, writer on art. Born in Moscow (1887) in the family of French chemist Éphraïm Jean-Baptiste Émile Bailly (1857–1927) and his Russian wife Maria Tsyplakova (1863–1944)...
Painter, engraver. Born in the family of a rich merchant called Pavel Lapin in Moscow (1898). Did not receive a systematic art education. Worked as a tutor at the Buddhist temple in Petrograd (until ...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Ivan Lyubavin. Illustrated Elena Guro ’s The Barrel Organ (1909). Member of the Union of Youth (1910–14). Described as “young, fres...
Painter, graphic artist, applied artist, theatrical designer, illustrator, poetess, teacher. Born in Novgorod in the Greek-Ukrainian family of Leonid Boguslavsky (1892). Studied at the School of Draw...
Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, theatrical designer, illustrator, writer on art, teacher. Grandson of Italian composer Cesare Pugni (1802–1870), who emigrated to St Petersburg (1850). Born Ivan Pu...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, teacher. Studied at the Odessa School of Art (1898–1905) and under Jan Ciagli?skj at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1905–07). Member of Nikolai Kulbin ’s ...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, teacher, art theorist, poet. Elder brother of Yevdokia Glebova. Born in Moscow to a poor family of workers (1883). After the death of his father (1887) d...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, applied artist, illustrator. Studied at Stanislaw Zukowski ’s private studio in Moscow (1907), Konstantin Juon and Ivan Dudin School of Painting and Draw...
Painter, graphic artist. Wife of Aleksandrs Drevinš and mother of Andrei Drevin. Moved to Moscow with her family (1892) and graduated with honours from a grammar school for girls (1905). Studied at K...