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Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, illustrator. Born in Moscow (1933) in the family of Jewish ballet dancer Asaf Messerer (1903–1992) and silent movie star Anel Sudakevich (1906–2002). Stu...
Graphic artist, caricaturist, illustrator, theatrical designer, cinema designer. Born in the family of Stepan Yeliseyev in St Petersburg (1890). Studied under Ivan Bilibin and Ivan Tvorozhnikov at th...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer. Granddaughter of Polish photographer Felicjan Chodasiewicz (circa 1834–1911), niece of the writer Vladimir Khodasevich (1886–1939). Born in Moscow (1894)...
Theatrical designer, graphic artist. Descended from Florentine humanist and historian Leonardo Bruni (c. 1370–1444), great-grandson of Fidelio Bruni. Born in the family of musician Georgy Bruni in St...
Theatrical designer, graphic artist, lithographer. Born in the family of Georgy Boriskovich in St Petersburg (1905). Studied at the Higher Art and Technical College (1921–23) and under Alexander Golo...
Theatrical designer, draughtsman, painter, teacher. Born in the family of Pyotr Sotnikov in Leningrad (1938). Studied at the Leningrad Secondary School of Art (1949–53, expelled) and the Leningrad In...
Theatrical designer, graphic artist, painter. Born in the family of Ivan Anushin in St Petersburg (1904). Studied at the Studios of Art and Crafts/Petrograd Technical College of Art and Industry (192...
Theatrical designer, painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Pavel Bobyshov in the village of Pogoreloe in Tver Province (1885). Studied at the Baron Stieglitz Central School of Techn...