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Painter, draughtsman, lithographer, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of a peasant called Vladimir Pukirev in the village of Luzhniki in Tula Province (1832). Studied under an icon-painter in ...
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, teacher, ethnographer, writer. Grandson of founder of Kharkiv University Vasyl Karazin (1773–1842) and son of inventor Nikolai Karazin (1816–1874). Born in the slob...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the village of Arkhangelskoe in Orenburg Province (1873). Graduated from the Neplyuev Military Academy in Orenburg (1891). Studied at the School of Drawing of the Soc...
Painter, teacher. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1864–70). Awarded two minor silver medals (1868), two major silver medals (1869) and the titles of third-class artist (1870) and second-clas...
Painter, graphic artist, architect, applied artist, theatrical designer, illustrator, teacher. Born in a merchant’s family in Moscow (1859) and grew up in Voronezh (1862–80). Studied under Illarion P...
Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of a retired cavalry captain in Kursk (1826) and grew up on his father’s estate in the village of Popovka in Kharkiv Province. Studie...
Painter, draughtsman, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of a Don Cossack in Novocherkassk (1859). Studied at the Vladimir Military Academy in Kiev (1870–77) and under Baron Mikhail Konstantino...
Painter, teacher. Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1872–82). Awarded two minor silver medals (1876), two major silver medals (1877, 1878), a minor gold medal (1880) and a major gold medal (18...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Born to icon-painter Kornilo Pymonenko in the suburb of Pryorka in Kiev (1862). Helped his father to decorate local churches and trained in an icon-painting studio a...
Painter, graphic artist, teacher. Son of Polish orientalist Józef Kowalewski (1801–1878). Studied battle painting under Bogdan Gottfried Willewalde at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1863–71). Awarded ...