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Latvian painter, teacher. Born at Jaužos in the parish of Zaube near Riga (1872). Studied under Arkhip Kuinji (from 1895) at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1890–97). Fellow of the Imperial Academy of ...
Sculptor, medallist. Born in the family of a gardener called Carl Timus at Pada Manor near Rakvere in north-east Estonia (1865). Designed models for the Imperial Porcelain Factory (1896–1917), includ...
Swedish jeweller, silversmith, goldsmith. Hallmark: W.A. BOLIN. Nephew of Carl Edvard Bolin. Born in the family of Henrik Conrad Bolin and Natalie Rosenstrauch in Moscow (1861). Studied under his fat...
Swedish-Finnish jeweller, goldsmith, silversmith. Hallmark: H.W. in an oval. Born in the family of a Swedish fisherman and churchwarden called August Wigström and his wife Wendla Forsman in the town ...
Finnish jeweller, silversmith. Elder brother of Alexander Väkevä. Hallmark: K.W. Born in the family of Stefan Väkevä in St Petersburg (1867). Studied under his father (1880s) and qualified as a silve...
Finnish jeweller, silversmith. Younger brother of Konstantin Väkevä. Hallmark: A.W. Born in the family of Stefan Väkevä in St Petersburg (1870). Studied under his father (1880s) and qualified as a si...