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Naoum Aronson

Jewish sculptor. Born in the small town of Kraslavka in Vitebsk Province (now Kr?slava in south-east Latvia) in the family of Lvov Aronson (1872/73). Studied at the Ivan Trutnev School of Drawing in ...

Victor Barthe

Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, designer, writer on art. Born in the family of a vet called Sergei Bart in the village of Velichayevka (Velichayevskoe) in Stavropole Province (1887). Studied at...

Prince Alexander Shervashidze (Chachba)

Painter, theatrical designer, art critic. Born in Theodosia in Tauride Province (1867). Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1893–94) and Académie Fernand Cormon in P...

Alexei Remizov

Writer, amateur draughtsman, illustrator. Born in the family of a merchant called Mikhail Remizov in Moscow (1877). Did not receive a formal art education owing to his poor eyesight. Studied physics ...

Paul Mansouroff

Painter, graphic artist, applied artist, designer, teacher. Born in the family of Andrei Mansurov in St Petersburg (1896). Studied under Johann Wilhelm Mathé at the Baron Stieglitz Central School of ...

Alexis Gritchenko

Painter, graphic artist, teacher, writer on art. Born in the family of Vasily Grischenko in Krolevets in the Ukraine (1883). Studied philology at St Petersburg, Kiev and Moscow Universities (1905–12)...

Konstantin Pavlovich Kuznetsov

Painter, graphic artist, illustrator. Born in the family of Pavel Kuznetsov in the village of Zhelnino in Nizhny Novgorod Province (1863). Attended the Drawing Studio of the Saratov Amateur Fine Arts...

Baroness Hélène d’Oettingen

Painter, writer, literary activist. Cousin of Serge Férat. Born in Venice (1887). Studied at the Académie Rodolphe Julian in Paris (early 1900s). Maintained a literary-artistic salon for representati...

Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)

Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, applied artist, fashion and theatrical designer. Born as Roman Tyrtov in the family of Pyotr Tyrtov in St Petersburg (1892). Studied drawing under D. Losevsky in Pe...

Serge Charchoune

Painter, graphic artist, writer. Born in Buguruslan in Samara Province in the family of Ivan Sharshun (1888). Graduated from a commercial institute in Simbirsk. Studied in the studios of Ilya Mashkov...

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