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Painter, draughtswoman, teacher. Born in the family of Nikolai Khilkov in Tambov (1827). Studied at the St Petersburg School of Drawing for Extern Students (1852–56). Awarded minor silver medals (185...
Painter, draughtsman. Born in an unknown location (late 18th century). Probably studied under Martin Ferdinand Quadal (1736–1811), an Austrian-Moravian painter who was invited to St Petersburg by Tsa...
Estonian painter, graphic artist, applied artist, architect. Born in the family of a Baltic German dentist called Eduard Ludwig Hefftler and his wife Marie Louise Haase in the city of Reval (now Tall...
Graphic artist, painter, teacher. Born in the family of applied artist and teacher Yevgeny Hoffert (1875–1920) in the small town of Serdobsk in Saratov Province (1899). Studied at Serdobsk Primary Sc...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Arkhip Bondarenko in the Ukraine (1866). Studied under Kyriakos Kostandi at Odessa School of Drawing (1880s), under Ivan Shishkin and Arkhip Kuinji at t...
Swedish engraver. Relative of Carl Christian Philipp Reichel. Born in St Petersburg in the family of a Swedish mechanical master called Wilhelm Dericker (1821?). Engraved clichés for banknotes at the...
Draughtsman, painter, writer, teacher. Born in the family of a palace stoker called Gavrila Chirikov in St Petersburg (1776). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1782–94). Worked as a naval drau...
Painter, graphic artist. Elder brother of artist Sergei Yegornov (1860–1920). Born in the family of Semyon Yegornov in Moscow (1858). Studied landscape painting under Baron Mikhail Konstantinovich Cl...
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...
Painter, draughtsman. Elder brother of artists Apollinary Goravsky (1833–1900) and Hilary Goravsky (1847–after 1875). Born in the family of impoverished Polish nobleman Hilary Horawski and his wife M...