World of Art

Stepan Jaremich

Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, writer on art, collector, curator, restorer, teacher. Born in the family of a ploughman called Pyotr Jaremich in the Ukrainian village of Halaiki (1869). Studied...

Elizaveta Kruglikova

Engraver, illustrator, painter, theatrical designer, teacher. Studied painting under Illarion Pryanishnikov, Sergei Korovin, Konstantin Savitsky and Abram Arkhipov at the Moscow School of Painting, S...

Alexandra Schekatikhina-Pototskaya

Porcelain artist, theatrical designer, graphic artist, illustrator, painter. Born Alexandra Schekatikhina in the town of Alexandrovsk in the Ukraine (1892). Graduated from grammar school in Alexandro...

Ivan Bilibin

Graphic artist, painter, theatrical designer, illustrator, decorator, teacher. Born in the village of Tarkhovka near St Petersburg to naval surgeon Jacob Bilibin and his wife Varvara Bubnova (1876). ...

Alexander Golovin

Painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, furniture designer, interior decorator, illustrator. Born in Moscow to a priest called Jacob Golovin, who served at the Church of the Annunciation on the...

Zinaida Serebryakova

Painter, graphic artist, interior decorator. Granddaughter of Nicolas Benois, daughter of Eugène Lanceray and Catherine Benois (1850–1933), niece of Albert Benois, Léon Benois and Alexander Benois, s...

Yevgeny Lanceray (Lanseré)

Graphic artist, painter, illustrator, theatrical designer, interior designer, teacher. Grandson of Nicolas Benois, son of Eugène Lanceray and Catherine Benois (1850–1933), nephew of Albert Benois, Lé...

Albert Benois

Painter, architect, teacher. Grandson of architect Alberto Cavos (1800–1863), son of Nicolas Benois and Camilla Cavos (1828–1891), elder brother of Léon Benois and Alexander Benois, uncle of Yevgeny ...

Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva

Graphic artist, painter, teacher. Born in St Petersburg to a high-ranking civil servant called Pyotr Ostroumov (1871). Studied under Johann Wilhelm Mathé at the Baron Stieglitz Central School of Tech...

Andrei Ryabushkin

Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born to a peasant icon-painter in Tambov Province (1861). Studied under Vasily Perov, Yevgraf Sorokin and Illarion Pryanishnikov at the Moscow School of...

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