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Nadezhda Lermontova
Read more...Painter, graphic artist, decorator, theatrical designer, illustrator. Great-niece of Russian writer Mikhail Lermontov (1814–1841). Born in the family of Vladimir Lermontov in St Petersburg (1885). St...
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Alexander Vakhrameyev
Read more...Painter, graphic artist, illustrator. Born in the family of a priest called Ivan Vakhrameyev in the village of Permogorye in Vologda Province (1874). Graduated from Arkhangelsk Religious Seminary (18...
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Nikolai Sinezouboff
Read more...Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Studied at the Faculty of Law of Moscow University and Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1912–17). Headed a Proletkult studio (from...
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Alexei von Jawlensky
Read more...Painter, graphic artist, lithographer, writer. Born in Torzhok in Tver Province to Colonel Georgy Jawlensky of the Russian army and his second wife Alexandra Medvedeva (1864). Grew up at the family e...
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Vladimir von Bechtejeff
Read more...Painter, graphic artist, set designer, illustrator. Descended from a Tatar prince called Bekhtei or Bakhtei (from the Turkic word bakht, meaning “luck” or “good fortune”) awarded lands in Novgorod (1...
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Mstislav Dobuzhinsky
Read more...Graphic artist, painter, theatrical designer, teacher. Studied at the Faculty of Law of St Petersburg University (1895–99), School of Drawing of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (1885–87...
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Boris Grigoriev
Read more...Painter, graphic artist, writer, teacher. Born in the house of Maria Gippius on Mashov Lane (now Chaplygin Street) in Moscow as the illegitimate son of an American governess called Clare Lindenberg a...
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