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Sculptor. Born in the family of a stonemason called Afanasy Chizhov in the village of Pudovo in Moscow Province (1838). Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1857–59)....
Painter, draughtsman, restorer, teacher. Born in the family of a serf called Andrei Koshelev in the village of Serman in Penza Province (1840). Studied icon-painting under craftsman for three years i...
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Daniil Kivshenko at the Sheremetev Studfarm near the town of Venyov in Tula Province (1851). Studied under Ivan Kramskoi at the Schoo...
Polish painter. Born in Warsaw (1857) in the family of Polish artist W?adys?aw Baka?owicz (1831–1904). Studied at the School of Drawing in Warsaw, Wojciech Gerson’s private studio (1874–76), Imperial...
Draughtsman, painter, illustrator. Born in the family of Pyotr Pryanishnikov in St Petersburg (1841). Studied at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome (from late 1850s), under Charles Gleyre in Paris and...
Draughtswoman, painter, silhouettist, illustrator, postcard designer. Born in St Petersburg in the family of Mercury Endaurov (1843). Studied under Ivan Kramskoi, Pavel Chistyakov, Alexander Beideman...
Painter, graphic artist, bibliophile. Great-nephew of Scottish surgeon Sir James Wylie (1768–1854), personal physician of Russian emperors Paul I, Alexander I and Nicholas I and founder of the Milita...
Painter, teacher. Born in the family of a former serf called Lavrenty Gorokhov in the village of Beli in Moscow Province (1863). Studied under Illarion Pryanishnikov and Vladimir Makovsky at the Mosc...
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator. Born in the family of Alexander Sukhodolsky in the village of Vladimirskoe in Kaluga Province (1835). Studied under Sokrat Vorobyov at the Imperial Academy of Arts ...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator. Born in the family of Ivan Navozov in Moscow (1862). Studied at the Stroganov School of Technical Drawing (1874–80), under Illarion Pryanishnikov, Pyotr Sorokin,...