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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 in St Petersburg (1871–78) and Paris (1880–81) and under Alexander von Bock, Nikolai Laveretsky and Ivan Podozyorov at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1878–86). Awarded a minor silver medal (1883), maj...
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...
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 ...
Sculptor. Born in St Petersburg (1871) in the family of Baron Konstantin Paul Eduard Rausch von Traubenberg (1847–1898) and Elisabeth Montrésor (1848–1906). Graduated from the Corps des Pages in St P...