Turn of the Century

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...

Nikolai Philippovich Petrov

Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Philipp Petrov in the village of Beketovo in Voronezh Province (1872). Studied under Ilya Repin at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1892–1901). Aw...

Ilya Gintsburg

Sculptor, teacher, writer. Born as Elias Ginzburg in the family of Jacob Ginzburg in the town of Grodno (Hrodna) in White Russia (1859). Grew up in Vilna (1860s). Studied at Mark Antokolsky ’s studio...

Vladimir Domogatsky

Sculptor, graphic artist, teacher, writer on art, barrister. Born in the family of a wealthy doctor called Nikolai Domogatsky in Odessa (1876). Spent his childhood in Lausanne (1877–85) and Kiev (188...

Nikolai Bodarevsky

Painter, graphic artist, decorator. Elder brother of artist Ekaterina Bodarevskaya (1852–1939), distant relative of Wassily Kandinsky. Descended from an old family of Moldavian rulers called Cegodar-...

Leonid Sherwood

Sculptor, painter, graphic artist, teacher, writer. Younger brother of sculptor Sergei Sherwood (1858–1899) and architect Vladimir Sherwood (1867–1930), uncle of Vladimir Favorsky. Great-grandson of ...

Franz (François) Roubaud

French painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of a French bookseller and stationer from Marseille called Honoré Fortuné Alexis Roubaud and seamstress Madeleine Sénèque in O...

Anna Remizova (Miss)

Graphic artist, illustrator. Younger sister of Nicolai Remisoff (Re-Mi). Born in the family of actor Vladimir Vasilyev (1847–1908, stage name Remizov) and his wife Xenia in St Petersburg (1890). Infl...

Vasily Belyaev

Painter, graphic artist, decorator, teacher. Born in the family of a merchant called Vasily Belyaev in St Petersburg (1867). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1886–91). Designed mosaics for th...

Nadezhda Voitinskaya-Levidova

Painter, graphic artist, art historian, curator, translator, writer, teacher. Born in St Petersburg (1886) in the family of state councillor Savely Voitinsky (1857–1918) and Wilhelmina Bermann (1859–...

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