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23.05.1938–12.11.2009

Vagrich Bakhchanyan

Vagrich Akopovich Bakhchanyan (1938–2009) was a Soviet and American artist and conceptual writer of Armenian origin. Born in Kharkiv, he lived and worked in the USSR and the USA, spending his final years in New York City.

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1787–15.08.1848

Pyotr Sokolov

Pyotr Fyodorovich Sokolov (1787–August 15, 1848) was a Russian portrait painter and graphic artist, recognized as a leading watercolorist of the Nikolaev era in Saint Petersburg. Born in Moscow, he died in Stary Merchik and was an academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

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01.08.1857–13.01.1936

Emily Shanks

Emily Yakovlevna Shanks (1857–1936) was a Russian and English genre painter of British descent. Born in Moscow on August 1, 1857, she was the first woman member of the Peredvizhniki. She passed away in London on January 13, 1936.

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31.12.1872–15.11.1952

Vasyl Krychevsky

Vasyl Krychevsky (1872–1952) was a Ukrainian Soviet painter, architect, graphic artist, and film artist. He was a founder of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and was named Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR in 1940.

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02.09.1875–09.08.1952

Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya

Olga Ludwigovna Della-Vos-Kardovskaya (1875–1952) was a Russian portrait painter and graphic artist, a follower of academicism, and a notable figure of the Silver Age and early Soviet decades. She was born in Chernihiv and died in Saint Petersburg.

20.04.1884–06.05.1958

Nikolay Krymov

Nikolay Petrovich Krymov (1884–1958) was a Russian and Soviet painter and educator. Known for his landscape paintings, he was associated with Symbolism. Krymov was named People's Artist of the RSFSR and was a corresponding member of the Academy of Arts.

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15.07.1889–26.02.1938

Aleksandr Drevin

Aleksandr Davydovich Drevin (1889–1938) was a Russian and Soviet artist of Latvian origin. Born in Cesis, he worked throughout the Russian Empire, RSFSR, and USSR. In addition to his artistic work, he was a university lecturer. He died in Moscow in 1938.

08.02.1925–23.08.1990

Viktor Zaretsky

Viktor Ivanovich Zaretsky (1925–1990) was a Soviet artist, educator, and art figure born in Belopolie and deceased in Kyiv. He specialized in portrait and genre painting, actively creating and teaching in the USSR art scene.

17.05.1886–28.03.1983

Varvara Bubnova

Varvara Dmitrievna Bubnova (1886–1983) was a Russian artist, educator, and art historian from Saint Petersburg. Her career spanned the Russian Empire, RSFSR, Japan, and the USSR, and she worked in painting, graphic arts, and sculpture.

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12.08.1858–17.12.1890

Vasily Sergeyevich Smirnov

Vasily Sergeyevich Smirnov (1858–1890) was a Russian historical painter of the counter-reform era. A proponent of academism, he specialized in historical subjects, notably scenes from late antiquity.

29.08.1967–present

Illya Chychkan

Illya Arkadiyovych Chychkan, born on August 29, 1967, in Kyiv, is a Ukrainian artist and video artist known as a representative of the “New Wave” in Ukrainian art and the author of the concept of “psychodarwinism.”

06.08.1965–11.07.2023

Ales Pushkin

Ales Pushkin (Alexander Nikolayevich Pushkin) was a Belarusian nonconformist painter, theatrical artist, performer, and art curator. Born in 1965 in Bobr, he worked in mural painting, portraiture, and performance, and was a member of the Belarusian Union of Artists.

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17.12.1841–14.04.1914

Alexander Beggrov

Alexander Karlovich Beggrov (1841–1914) was a Russian painter and watercolorist of German descent, son of the lithographer Karl Beggrov. He specialized in marine art, working within the academic school and close to realism. Beggrov was an academician and honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

14.07.1898–23.06.1980

Alexander Tyshler

Alexander Grigorievich Tyshler (1898–1980) was a Soviet painter, graphic artist, theatrical designer, and sculptor. Honored Art Worker of the Uzbek SSR since 1943, he worked notably in scenography and contributed widely to Soviet art.

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12.11.1850–1921

Nikolai Bodarevsky

Nikolai Kornilievich Bodarevsky (1850–1921) was a Russian and Ukrainian painter associated with St. Petersburg academicism. He excelled in salon portraiture, genre scenes, and church decoration. Bodarevsky was an academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts and a member of several artistic societies.

15.02.1938–04.01.2018

Vladimir Yankilevsky

Vladimir Borisovich Yankilevsky (1938–2018) was a Russian painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. Born in Moscow and died in Paris, he was a leading innovator of postwar Moscow unofficial art and represented the culture of the USSR.

11.11.1896–22.03.1979

Victor Arnautoff

Victor Mikhailovich Arnautoff (1896–1979) was an American and Soviet muralist and a member of the USSR Artists' Union. He also taught at the university level. Arnautoff is noted for his contribution to monumental art, including work for Coit Tower.

27.01.1915–08.11.1985

Jacques Hnizdovsky

Jacques Hnizdovsky (1915–1985) was an American artist of Ukrainian origin known for realism. Born in Pylypche, he worked in painting, printmaking, sculpture, and stamp design.

22.04.1911–21.05.1991

Huseyn Aliyev

Huseyn Aliyev (1911–1991) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani painter, part of the Aliyev family dynasty. Named People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1982, he was known for his still lifes and worked in portrait, landscape, and graphic genres. Born in Tanaat, he died in Baku.

20.10.1907–16.07.2006

Mariam Aslamazyan

Mariam Arshakovna Aslamazyan (1907–2006) was a Soviet and Armenian painter and graphic artist. Named People's Artist of the USSR in 1990, she worked notably in portraiture and ceramics. Born in Bash-Shirak, she passed away in Moscow.

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06.09.1882–14.04.1954

Mikhail Avilov

Mikhail Ivanovich Avilov (1882–1954) was a Russian and Soviet painter specializing in battle and historical scenes, illustration, and theatrical decoration. He was a member of the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia and an honored artist of the RSFSR.

14.10.1961–08.08.2021

Oleksandr Rojtburd

Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Rojtburd (1961–2021) was a Soviet and Ukrainian painter, multimedia and video artist. Born and died in Odessa, he was also active in cultural administration as a deputy of the Odessa Regional Council and director of the Odessa Art Museum.

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22.05.1755–15.05.1814

Ivan Akimov

Ivan Akimov (1755–1814) was a Russian painter and educator, a proponent of classicism, and a leading artist of St. Petersburg during the reigns of Catherine the Great and Paul I. A close student of Anton Losenko, he served as academician and director of the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1796 to 1799.

22.02.1914–06.05.1998

Aleksei Gritsai

Aleksei Mikhailovich Gritsai (1914–1998) was a Soviet painter and educator known for his landscape works. He was a full member of the USSR Academy of Arts and was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1974. He received the USSR State Prize in 1978.