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Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Yefim Volkov in St Petersburg (1844). Studied at the School of Drawing of the Society for the Encouragement of Artists (1866–67) and ...
Painter, graphic artist, theatrical and poster designer. Born in the family of Ilya Naumov in the village of Zhilkino to the north of Moscow (1899). Studied at the Imperial Stroganov Central School o...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Fyodor Alexandrovsky in Riga (1842). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1861–68). Awarded the titles of non-class artist (1864), second-class arti...
Graphic artist, illustrator. Born in the family of Andrei Sveshnikov in Leningrad (1927). Studied graphic art at the Ilya Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad (late 19...
Avdei Ter-Oganian was born in Rostov-on-Don on 9 December 1961. He studied under Boris Mygas at Rostov School of Art. From 1978 to 1980, Ter-Oganian studied with Yury Shabelnikov at the painting peda...
Armenian painter, graphic artist. Born as Mikhail Poladian in the family of Hrant Poladian in Moscow (1938). Graduated from the Faculty of Applied Art of Moscow Textile Institute (1965) and the speci...
Armenian painter, graphic artist. Born in Moscow (1939). Studied at a school of art in Moscow (1958–67) and at the Faculty of Applied Art of Moscow Textile Institute (1961–67). Emigrated to the Unite...
Painter, graphic artist, photographer, poet, writer, sailor. Born in the family of a border-guard called Vasily Gavrilchik in the town of Termez in south-east Uzbekistan (1929). Worked as an amateur ...
Photographer, painter, graphic artist, collagist, writer, actor. Born in the family of Vasily Matryonin in Leningrad (1951). Studied under Vladlen Gavrilchik and Yury Dyshlenko (1970s). Member of the...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born in the family of Pavel Yegoshin in Leningrad (1931). Studied at the Leningrad School of Art (1949–50), Leningrad Secondary School of Art (1950–53) and under Ale...